Word: america
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...were giving way to the natural system, and with Dr. Torrey, he was among the first to attempt the classification of species on the natural basis of affinity. Four years later, under the joint authorship of Asa Gray and John Torrey, the first part of the "Flora of North America" appeared. Professor Gray presented his herbarium, numbering more than 200,000 specimens, and his library of more than 2,500 botanical works, to Harvard in 1864. He received the degree of A. M. from Harvard in 1844 and of L. L. D. from Hamilton in 1860, and has delivered three...
...Some conditions of Intellectual Life in America." Professor C. E. Norton of the college...
...Some conditions of Intellectual Life in America." Professor C. E. Norton of the college...
...October 31, 1885, the president of the Archaeological Institute of America and the chairan of the committee issued the following circular...
...American School of Classical Studies at Athens founded under the auspices of the Archaeological Institute of America, is now entering upon its fourth year, and the committee in charge of the school believe that the time has come for endeavoring to obtain the means to provide for its permanent and appropriate quarters of its own. Up to the present time it has occupied a hired house for the residence of its director and for the accommodation of its library, and has paid an annual rental...