George Edward Davenport correspondence Senders W-Y

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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

Waters, Campbell Easter, 1872-1955 , correspondent
Watson, Sereno, 1826-1892 , correspondent
Watt, David A. P., 1830- , correspondent
Wendte, William, 1877-1904 , correspondent
Williamson, John, 1839-1884 , correspondent
Woolson, G. A. (Grace A.), 1856-1911 , correspondent
Wright, W. G. (William Greenwood), 1830-1912 , correspondent
Yates, Lorenzo G. (Lorenzo Gordin), 1837-1909 , correspondent
Young, M. J. (Maude Jeannie), 1826-1882 , correspondent

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Consists of letters written to George Davenport from 33 correspondents with surnames starting with W-Y, mostly regarding botany. Correspondents are: E.S. Cronin, Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren, Clara Lyell Walley, Robert Allison Ware, Henry A. Warne, Campbell Easter Waters, Sereno Watson, David Allan Poe Watt, Joseph Rowe Webster, Mary F. Webster, George H. Welcome, William Wendte, William C. Werner, Erastus S. Wheeler, Frank A. White, J.N. Whitner, John Herman Wibbe, Alexander Este Wight, Charlotte A. Willard, Emile Francis Williams, John Williamson, James Wilson, William M. Wilson, William E. Wolcott, Alphonso Wood, George A. Wood, Mrs. Woodward, Grace A. Woolson, Moses Woolson, William Greenwood Wright, Lorenzo Gordin Yates, Julia Yinnans, and Maude Jeannie Young.

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/Q51418254