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Lloyd, C. G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926

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Personal name headingLloyd, C. G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926
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Variant(s)Lloyd, Curtis Gates, 1859-1926
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedFlorence (Ky.) Crittenden (Ky.) Cincinnati (Ohio)
Birth date1859-07-17
Death date1926-11-11
Place of birthFlorence (Ky.)
Place of deathCrittenden (Ky.)
Profession or occupationBotanists Mycologists Pharmacists Authors Museum curators
Found inHis Mycological notes, Feb. 1922: cover (C.G. Lloyd)
OCLC, Apr. 11, 2007: (hdg.: Lloyd, C. G. (Curtis Gates), 1859-1926; usage: C.G. Lloyd)
Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 565 ("Curtis Gates Lloyd", self-taught botanist and mycologist, born July 17, 1859 in Florence, Ky. He and his brothers devoted themselves to the collections in the Lloyd Library and Museum [Cincinnati, Ohio], travelling widely to collect specimens. Died November 11, 1926.)
Find a Grave website, viewed August 19, 2020 (Curtis Gates Lloyd. Along with his two brothers John Uri Lloyd and Nelson Ashley Lloyd, he founded the Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati. He and his family moved to Crittenden, Kentucky, in 1867, where Lloyd lived until he was 18. He moved to Cincinnati and was employed as an apprentice in Johnson's pharmacy. Together with his brother John Uri, started publishing Drugs and Medicines of North America, a quarterly publication that became popular in the fields of botany and medicine. Two years later, he and his two brothers became owners of Lloyd Brothers Manufacturing Pharmacists; Curtis Lloyd's specialty was researching pharmaceuticals from medicinal plants. Lived in Crittenden until his death there.)
Associated languageeng