John Robert Raper

…and training he desired, and feeling that he had been trapped by circumstances, did what he could to insure that his children obtain the education he had been denied. Mother’s…

Laura Ellen Jarrett McGlamery

…[coached] basketball for 20 years.” (4) Laura and Ralph had two daughters, Adora McGlamery Cloer (1939-1982), and Fannie McGlamery Watson.(4) Laura Jarrett McGlamery died at age 82 and is buried…

Lillian E. Arnold

…724-740. 3. www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herbarium/flashist.htm accessed on 25 October, 2006. 4. Murrill, William A. 1940. Additions to the Florida fungi II. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 67(1): 57-66. 5. Fourteenth Census…

Dr. Elizabeth Henry Bellmer, S. N. D.

…small episode of the 19th century Darwinian debate. Annals of Science 56: 25-45. Resume, Elizabeth H. Bellmer. Archives, Trinity University, Washington, D. C. Obituary “Elizabeth Bellmer” The Washington Post. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/elizabeth-bellmer-obituary?id=5613615…

Herman Harrison Braxton

…daughter, Elizabeth Anne, earned her A.B. at Wheaton College. In addition to serving on the Chase City town council for eight years (and Anne serving for six), Dr. Braxton “started…

Albion Reed Hodgdon

…Galapagos Islands. He had a particular interest in the taxonomy of Rubus and the floristics and phytogeography of coastal Maine and eastern Canada. Dr. Hodgdon oversaw the integration of several…

Further Afield: Strolling Around Purgatory

…had encountered (and were puzzled by!) Horse-sugar had been at Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve in February 2023. Distribution of Horse-sugar (Symplocos tinctoria) in North Carolina. Courtesy of North Carolina Biodiversity…