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Asa Gray (1810-1888) was responsible for establishing systematic botany at Harvard and the United States. Gray's ties with European botanists combined with his network of collectors in North America allowed him to serve as a central clearinghouse for the identification of plants from newly explored areas of North America.
Asa Gray. Asa Gray ( Sauquoit, 18 de novembro de 1810 — Cambridge, Massachusetts, 30 de janeiro de 1888) foi um botânico norte-americano, discípulo de John Torrey e colaborador de Charles Darwin. Foi autor de muitos livros que difundiram a botânica. Escreveu Flora da América do Norte (2 volumes, 1838-1843) com John Torrey e foi um líder ...
Asa Gray was born on November 18, 1810, in Sauquoit Valley, in the township of Paris, Oneida county, N. Y. His ancestors were of Scotch-Irish descent who had emigrated to Sauquoit from Mas-sachusetts and Vermont. He was the oldest of the eight children of Moses Wiley Gray and his wife, Roxana Howard Gray. In 1810
Asa Gray was born in Paris, New York, south of Utica, in November 1810. He was a farmer's son. His formal education was gained at the Fairfield Academy and the Fairfield Medical School, both in Fairfield, New York. From Dr. James Hadley, the professor of chemistry and medicine, Asa obtained his first instruction in science (1825 to 1826).
Apr 28, 2011 · In Gray's paper, drafted and refined over late 1858 and early 1859, he accepted and employed, gingerly but quite clearly, Darwin's notion (as Darwin put it in his original letter of confession to ...
Asa Gray could be described as the person who established systematic botany at Harvard and, to some extent, in the United States. Gray's ties with European botanists, developed through correspondence, exchange of specimens and visits to Europe, combined with his network of collectors in North America allowed him to serve as a sort of central clearing house for the identification of plants from ...
Asa Gray, Harvard University professor, and botanist, was born in 1810 in Oneida County, New York, the eldest child of Moses and Roxanna Gray. As a teenager, he attended Fairfield Academy in Herkimer County, where he came under the tutelage of natural scientist James Hadley.
