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Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927

LC control no.n 86847820
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Personal name headingSargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927
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Variant(s)Sargent, C. S. (Charles Sprague), 1841-1927
Sargent, Ch. S. (Charles Sprague), 1841-1927
Sargent, Charles S. (Charles Sprague), 1841-1927
Sargent, Charles (Charles Sprague), 1841-1927
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeBoston (Mass.)
Birth date1841-04-24
Death date1927-03-22
Field of activityBotany Biology
AffiliationArnold Arboretum
Harvard College (1780- )
Profession or occupationBotanists Biologists College teachers
University and college faculty members
Special noteIncludes the old catalog heading: Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-
Found inLCCN 99-211: His The silva of North America, 1891-1902 (hdg.: Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841- ; usage: Charles Sprague Sargent)
LC data base, 9-24-86 (hdg.: Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927; usage: Charles Sprague Sargent)
Joseph Franz Rock (1884-1962), 2007: t. p. (C. S. Sargent) p. 50 (Charles Sprague Sargent (1841-1927) director of the Arnold Arboretum) p. 228 (Prof. Ch. S. Sargent)
Wikipedia, viewed March 23, 2023: Charles Sprague Sargent (Charles Sprague Sargent (April 24, 1841 - March 22, 1927) was an American botanist. He was appointed in 1872 as the first director of Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and held the post until his death. He published several works of botany. The standard botanical author abbreviation Sarg. is applied to plants he identified. He attended Harvard College, where he graduated in Biology in the class of 1862. Sargent enlisted in the Union Army later that year, saw service in Louisiana during the American Civil War, and was mustered out in 1865. He traveled in Europe and Asia for three years.)
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