botanist George Lincoln Goodale

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George Lincoln Goodale was a prominent American botanist and Harvard professor who played a key role in advancing botanical education and was instrumental in commissioning the famous Blaschka glass plant models.

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instanceOf American
academic
botanist
human
university teacher
awardReceived honorary degree from Bowdoin College
burialPlace Saco, Maine, United States
collaboratedWith Leopold Blaschka
Rudolf Blaschka
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1839-08-03
dateOfDeath 1923-04-12
educatedAt Bowdoin College
Harvard Medical School
employer Bowdoin College
Harvard Botanical Museum
Harvard University
familyName Goodale
fieldOfWork botany
plant physiology
genre scientific literature
givenName George
hasAcademicDiscipline natural history
hasHonorificTitle Dr.
influenced development of botanical museums
methods of teaching botany with models
knownFor advancing botanical education in the United States
initiating the Harvard Glass Flowers collection
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
notablePublication Physiological Botany
Wild Flowers of America
notableWork commissioning the Blaschka glass plant models
development of the Harvard Botanical Museum collections
promotion of botanical education at Harvard University
occupation botanist
university professor
placeOfBirth Saco, Maine, United States
placeOfDeath Saco, Maine, United States
positionHeld director of the Harvard Botanical Museum
professor at Bowdoin College
professor of botany at Harvard University
sexOrGender male
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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Blaschka Glass Models of Plants
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