Miriam Kresses Slifkin

…was published in the News and Observer on 30 August, 2020: Chapel Hill, NC: Miriam Kresses Slifkin lived her life with grit and determination. She was cherished by her family,…

Eugène Poilane

…in 1909. He worked at the naval arsenal for some years, until he chanced to meet naturalist Auguste Chevalier, who after the First World War appointed Poilane as a prospector…

Frederick Gustav Meyer

…Meyer, and V. punctata F. G. Meyer, all published in “New species of Valeriana from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru” in 1965 in Brittonia 17(2); 112-120. Patricia Sullivan’s obituary of F….

Gertrude I. Grimsley Scott

…Carolina College for Women World War II Enlistment Records: National Archives and Records Administration. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment…

Lytt Irvine Gardner, Sr.

…at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. During World War II, he served with the medical corps and reached the rank of captain. He was the officer in charge of…

John Lewis Sheldon

…pp. 131-141. Sheldon, John L. 1901. Rooting of Oxalis leaves. Plant World 4(11): 201-202. Sheldon, John L. 1901. Some abnormal flowers. The American Botanist 1(5): 66-67. Sheldon, John L. 1900….

Mary Cloyd Burnley Stifler

American Chemical Journal 43(5): 412-417. Kohler, E. P., G. L. Heritage, M. C. Burnley (1910) The Friedel and Crafts reaction with chlorides of unsaturated acids. American Chemical Journal 44(1): 60-75….

Josiah Hale

…and borders of lakes in the Red River Valley, Repides [sic], La., (Hale); eastern Florida (Leavenworth); Carrabelle, Florida.” Britton, N.L. (1886) A preliminary list of North American species of Cyperus,…