Asa Gray
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Asa Gray was a pioneering 19th-century American botanist whose influential works helped establish botany as a rigorous scientific discipline in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asa Gray canonical | 5 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
botanist
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Royal Medal ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1810-11-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1888-01-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Fairfield Medical College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
botany
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flora of North America ⓘ plant taxonomy ⓘ |
| givenName | Asa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificName |
Asa Gray Award (American Society of Plant Taxonomists)
NERFINISHED
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Gray Herbarium at Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ numerous plant species epithets "grayii" ⓘ |
| influenced |
American botany
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Charles Darwin's reception in the United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy | John Torrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
correspondence with Charles Darwin
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establishing botany as a rigorous scientific discipline in the United States ⓘ pioneering American botany in the 19th century ⓘ supporting the theory of evolution by natural selection ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Philosophical Society ⓘ Royal Society of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Sereno Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Darwiniana
NERFINISHED
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Flora of North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Gray's Manual of Botany NERFINISHED ⓘ Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology NERFINISHED ⓘ Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Structural Botany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
botanist
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professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Oneida County, New York
NERFINISHED
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Sauquoit, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Fisher Professor of Natural History at Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Jane Loring Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
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