| LC control no. | no2016086917 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Harkness, H. W. (Harvey Willson), 1821-1901 |
| Variant(s) | Harkness, Harvey Wilson, 1821-1901 Harkness, Harvy, 1821-1901 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1821-05-25 |
| Death date | 1901-07-10 |
| Place of birth | Pelham (Mass.) |
| Place of death | San Francisco (Calif.) |
| Profession or occupation | Physicians Editors Educators Naturalists Scientists |
| Found in | Central Pacific--Gold Spike ceremony, 1887?: photograph recto (Harkness, Dr. H. W.) His Fungi of the Pacific coast, 1887: t.p. (H.W. Harkness) His California hypogaeous fungi, 1899: t.p. (H.W. Harkness) Phillips, W. Fungi of California, 1884 (H.W. Harkness) Hittell, T.H. Dr. Harvey Willson Harkness, 1905: t.p. (Born May 25, 1821; died July 10, 1901) Wikipedia, viewed June 30, 2016 (Harvey Wilson "H.W." Harkness, 1821-1901; Born and raised in Massachusetts and trained as a physician, Harkness came to California during the Gold Rush in 1849. He rose to prominence as physician, educator, real estate developer, and newspaper editor in Sacramento, becoming part of the social circle of early California notables such as Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Collis Huntington, and Mark Hopkins. Harkness was a participant in the ceremony marking the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad, representing California and bearing the Golden Spike that was driven by Leland Stanford marking the completion of the railroad) Wikipedia, via WWW, Apr. 24, 2017 (H.W. Harkness; Harvey Willson Harkness; physician; mycologist; natural historian; b. 1821; d. 1901) Parmenter, C.O. History of Pelham, Mass., 1898: p. 421, etc. (Harvey Willson Harkness; b. May 25, 1821, Pelham, Mass.; grad. Berkshire Medical College, Pittsfield, Mass., 1847; moved to St. Joseph, MO, then to California, Sept. 1849; located at Sacramento and practiced medicine until retiring in 1869; leader in development of schools in Sacramento, and served as first superintendent; removed to San Francisco and devoted his life to scientific investigation, esp. microscopical research of the mypogaci of the Pacific coast; member California Academy of Sciences, which he served as president for 8 years) American Ancestors, via WWW, Apr. 24, 2017: Mass. Vital Records to 1850 (Harvy Harkness; b. Pelham, Mass., May 25, 1821, son of John and Esther) |
| Associated language | eng |
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