LC control no. | n 88669403 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Garay, Leslie A. |
Associated country | Hungary United States |
Located | Blacksburg (Va.) |
Birth date | 1924-08-06 |
Death date | 2016-08-19 |
Place of birth | Hosszúhetény (Hungary) |
Field of activity | Orchids |
Affiliation | Harvard University. Botanical Museum |
Profession or occupation | Botanists |
Found in | nuc88-8922: His 225 (1.). Orchidaceae, 1978 (hdg. on AAP rept.: Garay, Leslie A.; usage: Leslie A. Garey) Orchids of Venezuela, 1979: t.p. (Leslie A. Garay, Curator of the Orchid Herbarium at Oakes Ames, Botanical Museum, Harvard University) LC data base, 10/24/88 (hdg.: Garay, Leslie A.) BL auth. file, 2 Sept. 2009 (hdg.: Garay, Leslie A. (Leslie Andrew), 1924-) The Roanoke times WWW site, 31 Aug., 2017 (obituary: Garay, Leslie, of Blacksburg, was born in Hosszúhetény, on the outskirts of the city of Pécs in Hungary on August 6, 1924; emigrated to Canada in 1948, and eventually moved to the United States in 1958; a renowned botanist, receiving his PhD from Tufts University; the Curator of the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium at Harvard University from 1958 through 1986; retired from Harvard in 1986 and moved to Blacksburg VA; passed away on August 19, 2016, at the age of 92) <http://www.roanoke.com/obituaries/garay-leslie/article_49f7af1c-f71a-5566-b432-f259db28cf45.html> |
Associated language | eng |