Gray, Asa (11/18/1810-01/30/1888)

Summary

• Number of Terms: 3
• Occupation: Botanist
• Committees/Roles: Botanist

Subject

• Gray, Asa 1810-1888
• Board of Regents
• Citizen Regent

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

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Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Harvard University Portrait Collection; RU 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Regent type

Citizen

State

Massachusetts

Short Legal Citation

• 18 Stat. (pt. 3) 285 (1874), J. Res. No. 3
• 21 Stat. 299 (1881), J. Res. No. 2
• 24 Stat. 339 (1886), J. Res. No. 2

Notes

American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1936; Dictionary of American Medical Biography. Lives of eminent physicians of the United States and Canada, from the earliest times. By Howard A. Kelly and Walter L. Burrage. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1928. Reprint. Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands: Longwood Press, 1979; Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Volumes I-XIV. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970-1976; Who Was Who in America. A component volume of "Who's Who in American History." Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Revised Edition. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 01/19/1874-01/30/1888

Topic

• Botany
• Regents
• Botanists

Place

Massachusetts

Form/Genre

Biographies

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