In Memoriam: Asa Gray

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Summary

Consists of a memorial sermon on Asa Gray on 12 February and funeral services on 2 February 1888 at Appleton Chapel, Harvard University. Details the life of Asa Gray, a Smithsonian Regent, in the development of American botany, especially his relationship to Charles Darwin.

Subject

  • Darwin, Charles 1809-1882
  • Gray, Asa 1810-1888
  • McKenzie, Alexander
  • Peabody, Francis G
  • Board of Regents
  • Harvard University

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Notes

Includes remarks by Alexander McKenzie and Francis G. Peabody

Contained within

(Book)

Contact information

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

Date

1888

Topic

  • SI, Early History
  • Plants
  • Biography
  • Botany

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