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Garay, Leslie A

LC control no.n 88669403
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Personal name headingGaray, Leslie A.
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Associated countryHungary United States
LocatedBlacksburg (Va.)
Birth date1924-08-06
Death date2016-08-19
Place of birthHosszúhetény (Hungary)
Field of activityOrchids
AffiliationHarvard University. Botanical Museum
Profession or occupationBotanists
Found innuc88-8922: 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)
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Associated languageeng