George Edward Davenport correspondence Senders S-U

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

Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927 , correspondent
Seelye, Charles W., , correspondent
Slosson, Margaret , correspondent
Smith, John Donnell, 1829-1928 , correspondent
Stout, Anna A., , correspondent
Stout, William, , correspondent
Suksdorf, Wilhelm, 1850-1932 , correspondent
Terry, Emily Hitchcock, 1838-1921 , correspondent
Underwood, Lucien Marcus, 1853-1907 , correspondent

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Archival material

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Consists of letters written to George Davenport from 29 correspondents with surnames starting with S-U, mostly regarding botany. Correspondents are: Charles Sprague Sargent, Jacob Schneck, Frank Lamson Scribner, Henry Eliason Seaton, Charles W. Seelye, Florence Selous, Isabelle C. Shattuck, William Hillman Shockley, Margaret Slosson, Charles L. Smith, Erwin Frink Smith, John Donnell Smith, S. Isabelle Smith, Volney Morgan Spalding, Arthur Willis Stanford, Jacob Stauffer, Maria Olivia Steele, Harriet Hulda Stone, Anna Augusta Stout, Richard Stout, William Stout, Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf, Emily Hitchcock Terry, H.C. Thayer, Joseph Porter Thompson, William Trelease, A.E. Tucker, and Lucien Marcus Underwood.

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

Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51418251