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Perkins, Janet Russell, 1853-1933

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Personal name headingPerkins, Janet Russell, 1853-1933
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Variant(s)Russell Perkins, Janet
LocatedChicago (Ill.)
Birth date18530520
Death date19330707
Place of birthLafayette (Ind.)
Place of deathHinsdale (Ill.)
AffiliationBotanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum (Berlin, Germany)
Profession or occupationBotanists
Found inStyracaceae, 1907: t.p. (J. Perkins)
National Library of the Netherlands in VIAF, Apr. 30, 2015 (hdg. Perkins, Janet Russell, 1853-1933)
DNB in VIAF, Apr. 30, 2015 (hdg. Perkins, Janet Russell, 1853-1933; American botanist; b. May 20,1853 in Lafayette, Ind.; d. July 07, 1933 in Hinsdale, Ill.; worked in Chicago, Ill.) ‏
Singer, S.L. Adventures abroad, North American women at German-speaking universities, 2003: p. 123 (Janet Russell Perkins; graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1872; worked as a private tutor in Germany and studied music and languages in Paris, 1872-1875; worked as a teacher in Chicago for 20 years; studied biology in Berlin and Heidelberg, 1895-1900; worked at Botanic Museum in Berlin-Dahlem; Ph.D. in biology, Universität Heidelberg, 1900; published many books and articles in German and English on tropical plants, research in the Philippines, 1904-1905, Puerto Rico, 1907, Bolivia, 1912, and Jamaica, 1914-1917)