George Edward Davenport correspondence Senders N-P

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

By

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

Orcutt, Charles Russell, 1864-1929 , correspondent
Owen, Maria L. (Maria Louisa), 1825-1913 , correspondent
Palmer, Edward, 1829 (1831)-1911 , correspondent
Parish, S. B. (Samuel Bonsall), 1838-1928 , correspondent
Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890 , correspondent
Pelton, Emily O., , correspondent
Piper, S. M., Mrs., , correspondent
Pratt, Minot, , correspondent

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Collection

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Archival material

Publication info

Notes

Consists of letters written to George Davenport from 26 correspondents with surnames starting with N-P, mostly regarding botany. Correspondents are: Frances Nash, Harry P. Nichols, Mary Edna Burleigh Norton, Helen Maria Noyes, Charles Russell Orcutt, Olive Lucy Eddy Orcutt, Maria Louisa Owen, Alpheus Spring Packard, Edward Palmer, Samuel Bonsall Parish, John Crawford Parlin, Charles Christopher Parry, Harry Norton Patterson, Emily O. Pelton, Charles Edward Perkins, George Henry Perkins, Thomas Minott Peters, Mrs. S.M.T. Piper, Frederic Sanford Plimpton, Charles F. Pliven, Thomas Conrad Porter, Samuel Lawrence Powell, William Aldworth Poyser, Minot Pratt, Sarah Frances Price, Earle S. Prindle, and Henry Augustus Purdie.

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

Identifiers

OCLC: 878721241
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51418244