Jane Colden's Botanic Manuscript: The Legacy of America's First Woman Botanist
This volume offers brief biographical sketches of many individuals who have added to our knowledge of the science of ichthyology. It defines “ichthyologist” rather broadly in an effort to give credit to those who, in the absence of research or published contributions, otherwise have made significant collections of fishes, illustrations of fishes, or important donations of ichthyological materials to museums or to individual researchers, as well as to those who made major exploratory expeditions possible. One or more references are cited for each account, allowing access to additional information. Many entries also have a photo or portrait. Credits and Index.
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Jane Colden's Botanic Manuscript: The Legacy of America's First Woman Botanist
This volume offers brief biographical sketches of many individuals who have added to our knowledge of the science of ichthyology. It defines “ichthyologist” rather broadly in an effort to give credit to those who, in the absence of research or published contributions, otherwise have made significant collections of fishes, illustrations of fishes, or important donations of ichthyological materials to museums or to individual researchers, as well as to those who made major exploratory expeditions possible. One or more references are cited for each account, allowing access to additional information. Many entries also have a photo or portrait. Credits and Index.
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Jane Colden's Botanic Manuscript: The Legacy of America's First Woman Botanist

Jane Colden's Botanic Manuscript: The Legacy of America's First Woman Botanist

by Fenella Greig Heckscher
Jane Colden's Botanic Manuscript: The Legacy of America's First Woman Botanist
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Jane Colden's Botanic Manuscript: The Legacy of America's First Woman Botanist

Jane Colden's Botanic Manuscript: The Legacy of America's First Woman Botanist

by Fenella Greig Heckscher

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This volume offers brief biographical sketches of many individuals who have added to our knowledge of the science of ichthyology. It defines “ichthyologist” rather broadly in an effort to give credit to those who, in the absence of research or published contributions, otherwise have made significant collections of fishes, illustrations of fishes, or important donations of ichthyological materials to museums or to individual researchers, as well as to those who made major exploratory expeditions possible. One or more references are cited for each account, allowing access to additional information. Many entries also have a photo or portrait. Credits and Index.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781606180471
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Publication date: 06/02/2026
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Fenella Greig Heckscher’s interest in biology began with the study of wildflowers as a child in England. She went on to study zoology at Oxford University, and then practiced medicine in New York. From there, she and her husband, Morrison Heckscher, moved to a historic house in New York’s Hudson Valley, which offered a landscape of wildflowers waiting to be explored, as well as opportunities to meet new gardening friends. She learned of Jane Colden and her Botanic Manuscript at a meeting of the Garden Club of America, and became fascinated by Colden’s descriptions of plants native to the United States. Since her retirement from medical practice, she has devoted much of her time to the study of Jane Colden’s contributions to the American botanical Enlightenment.
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