Asa Gray
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As a professor of botany at Harvard University for several decades, Gray regularly visited, and corresponded with, many of the leading natural scientists of the era, including Charles Darwin, who held great regard for him. Gray made several trips to Europe to collaborate with leading European scientists of the era, as well as trips to the southern and western United States. He also built an extensive network of specimen collectors.
A prolific writer, he was instrumental in unifying the taxonomic knowledge of the plants of North America. Of Gray's many works on botany, the most popular was his ''Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States, from New England to Wisconsin and South to Ohio and Pennsylvania Inclusive'', known today simply as ''Gray's Manual''. Gray was the sole author of the first five editions of the book and co-author of the sixth, with botanical illustrations by Isaac Sprague. Further editions have been published, and it remains a standard in the field. Gray also worked extensively on a phenomenon that is now called the "Asa Gray disjunction", namely, the surprising morphological similarities between many eastern Asian and eastern North American plants. Several structures, geographic features, and plants have been named after Gray.
In 1848, Gray was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska (1881-1883), Schott, Charles A. (Charles Anthony), 1826-1901, Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Riley, Charles Valentine, 1843-1895, Murdoch, John, 1852-, Ray, Patrick Henry, United States. Army. Signal CorpsGet access
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3by International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska (1881-1883), Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Murdoch, John, 1852-, Ray, Patrick Henry., Riley, Charles V. (Charles Valentine), 1843-1895, Schott, Charles A. 1826-1901, United States. Army. Signal Corps.Get access
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4by International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska (1881-1883), Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Murdoch, John, 1852-, Ray, Patrick Henry., Riley, Charles V. (Charles Valentine), 1843-1895, Schott, Charles A. 1826-1901, United States. Army. Signal Corps.Get access
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