George Edward Davenport correspondence. Senders C-D

Related Titles

Contained In: George Edward Davenport papers
Series: Archives and specimens from the Boston Metropolitan Park Flora
Series: Connecting content : a collaboration to link field notes to specimens and published literature

External Resources

Collection guide: George Edward Davenport papers, 1872-1907. Harvard University Botany Libraries

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Davenport, Geo. E. (George Edward), 1833-1907 , addressee

Cassino, Samuel Edson, 1856-1937 , correspondent
Christ, H. (Hermann), 1833-1933 , correspondent
Cleveland, Daniel, 1838-1929 , correspondent
Clute, Willard Nelson, 1869-1950 , correspondent
Congdon, Joseph Whipple, 1834-1910 , correspondent
Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928 , correspondent
Courtis, William Munroe, , correspondent
Curtiss, Allen Hiram, 1845-1907 , correspondent
Davenport, Elizabeth Braxton, 1845-1934 , correspondent
Deane, Walter, 1848-1930 , correspondent
Dodge, Raynal, 1844-1918 , correspondent
Dukes, W. C., , correspondent

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Consists of letters written to George Davenport from 47 correspondents with surnames starting with C or D, mostly regarding botany. Correspondents are: Samuel Edson Cassino, Wallace Hugh Cathcart, Edward Blanchard Chamberlain, Harley Pierce Chandler, Emily J. Chapin, Alvin Wentworth Chapman, Clara Imogene Cheney, Konrad Hermann Heinrich Christ, Henry Lincoln Clapp, Ida Clapp, Alice L. Clark (n�e Grinnell), John S. Clark, F.L. Clarke, Daniel Cleveland, George William Clinton, Willard Nelson Clute, Judith Hopkins Coffin, Frank Shipley Collins, James Franklin Collins, Woodbury Page Conant, Joseph Whipple Congdon, Sarah Paxen Cooper (n�e Moore), Edward D. Cope, John Merle Coulter, William Munroe Courtis, Frederick Vernon Coville, Samuel Noah Cowles, Caroline M. Crawford, G.W.M. Crook, Kate M. Cunningham, Allen Hiram Curtiss, Lorin Low Dame, Nancy Darling, Howard Darlington, Elizabeth Braxton Davenport (n�e Simpson), William Morris Davis, Mary Anna Day, Walter Deane, John Carey Dement, Carl Hermann Demetrio, Lyster Hoxie Dewey [Asa Gray Bulletin], Raynal Dodge, William Russel Dudley, Robert Dinwiddie, W.C. Dukes, and Charles Thomas Druery.

George Edward Davenport (1833-1907) was a businessman and botanist from Boston who chiefly studied ferns. He was a member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, New England Botanical Club, and Torrey Botanical Club, and a founding member of The Middlesex Scientific Field Club. He published articles on ferns, forestry, and horticulture in many botanical journals. Davenport was also active in promoting the conservation of the Middlesex Fells, was a long-time member of the Medford School Committee, was involved in the anti-slavery movement, and was interested in labor reform. Davenport was married to Mary Francis and they had ten children, eight of whom survived him. They moved from South Boston to Medford in 1875, and he died in 1907 while taking a walk in the Middlesex Fells.

Subjects

(George Edward), , 1833-1907 , Botanists , Correspondence , Davenport, Geo. E

BHL Collections

Archives from the Boston Metropolitan Park Flora
Women in Natural History

Language

English

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Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51418235