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Nathaniel Lord Britton

Britton

American botanist and geologist (1859-1934).

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Occupation

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Botanist
Pteridologist
Bryologist
Mycologist
Geologist
Designer
Reason for Deprecated Rank
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Misinformation
Taxonomist
Writer
University Teacher
Botanical Collector
Scientific Collector

Place of Birth

New Dorp

Place of Death

New York City

Date of Birth

1/15/1859
Reason for Preferred Rank
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Most Precise Value
1859

Date of Death

6/25/1934
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value
1934

Instance Of

Human

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Country of Citizenship

United States

Given Name

Nathaniel
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:1
Lord
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:2

Educated At

Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Columbia University

Employer

Columbia University
(1891 - 1895)
Start Time
: 1891
End Time
: 1895
New York Botanical Garden
(1895 - 1929)
Start Time
: 1895
End Time
: 1929

Member Of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Torrey Botanical Society
National Academy of Sciences
(1914 - )
Subject Has Role
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Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Start Time
: 1914
American Philosophical Society
(1928 - )
Start Time
: 1928

Field of Work

Botany
Geology
Bryology
Mycology

Spouse

Elizabeth Gertrude Britton

Award Received

Pugsley Medal
(1929)
Point in Time
: 1929

Notable Work

A Guide to the Wild Flowers
Object Named As
:N. L. Britton

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Sex or Gender

Male

Writing Language

English

Name in Native Language

Nathaniel Lord Britton

Family Name

Britton
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Described by Source

Library of the World's Best Literature
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography

Place of Burial

Moravian Cemetery

Different From

Elizabeth Gertrude Britton

Participant In

Puerto Rico Expedition (1906)
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