Charles Edward Raynal

…67](1). A botanist by avocation, Charles E. Raynal acquired a substantial botanical library including many first edition copies of works by Carolina Botanists. He botanized widely in the Carolinas (frequently…

Lewis Henry Lighthipe

…14 April 1903 he presented a paper on “The flora of the pine barrens of New Jersey,” of which the abstract (in Torreya) occupies two printed pages. Many specimens, from…

Herbert Spencer Jackson

…found conspicuously few rusts species, the study of which could be counted on to elucidate further the problems in rusty phylogeny and relationships in which he was interested. Consequently, he…

Joseph Austin Holmes

…Academy, both in his home village. He worked on the farm, gaining an interest in plants and agriculture. In addition to hikes in the woods, out-door games, and horses, Holmes…

George Washington Carver

…of Sesamum orientale, Glycine hispida, Cassia tora and Mucuna utilis“) which were named in honor of the collector. Carver kept in contact with his graduate advisor, Louis Pammel, over many…

Adams Jewett, M.D.

…speech entitled “The Present Devotedness of Genius to the Amusement of the World.”8 In the autumn of 1827 he moved to Claiborne, Alabama ** and worked as a private teacher….

Maeburn Bruce Huneycutt

…a complicated man—I found letters from students who had him as a professor many years ago. They continued to write him and obviously had very deep affection for him,” says…

William Basil Fox

…he studied at West Virginia University, commented: “In all of his work, he was enthusiastic, persistent, patient, and thorough. Back of his quiet, self-effacing manner there was a strength of…

Spring Board Meeting 2024

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