Ralph Page Ashworth, Jr.

…on the culture and morphology of Dero limosa”. In 1950 Ashworth was living in Madison County, North Carolina with his spouse, Helen Oneida Ashworth (1920-1982) and daughter, Helen Loretta Ashworth…

James Everard Benedict, Jr.

…of English ancestry. Maternal grand-parents: Charles Junken from Hannover, Germany and Eliza Morrison Junken of Scotch-Irish parentage. Father: James Everard Benedict, Phd. Born in South Norwalk, Connecticut, January 5, 1854….

William Willard Ashe

…building by the time he entered college. Ashe clearly had the eye of a scientist and was known for being able to readily discern differences between very similar plants. At…

James Heathman Horton

…A list of dissertations and graduate theses in botany completed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1912-2005. 3. History of Conference. https://www.wcu.edu/engage/professional-enrichment/conferences-and-community-classes/the-cullowhee-native-plant-conference/history-of-conference.aspx accessed on 9 April 2020….

Benjamin Franklin Bush

…in Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Alabama, and Oklahoma between 1890 and 1926. Since those states have not been a priority for cataloging, it is without doubt that many more specimens will…

John Marshall Grant

…85th year. He was born in Sugar Creek township, Stark County, Ohio, on May 6, 1849, the son of Michael and Susan (Carr) Grant, and the sixth of eleven children

Mary Williams Ward Shanor

…When her health started failing in 2011, an old friend, Karen Larsen, assisted Mary, caring for her with the love and attention she would have given her own mother. Karen

Andrew Harvey Young

…Young. The photo (above) of Dr. Young was taken ca. 1890-1910 by George William Allison (courtesy of the Duggan Library Photo Archive, Hanover College). In addition to NCU other herbaria…

William Battle Cobb

…specimen labels as “W. B. Cobb.” Most specimens are fungi collected in Orange County, though a handful of vascular plant specimens have been cataloged as well. As more of our…