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ERIC Number: EJ523798
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0018-7526
The Greatest Natural Botanist in the World.
Fishman, Ann
Humanities, v16 n6 p30-34 Nov-Dec 1995
Considers the contributions of John Bartram, a self-taught botanist and farmer in Colonial America. Bartram collected and classified hundreds of North American plant species, eventually enjoying international renown as a botanist. His 102-acre farm and garden in Pennsylvania have been restored and preserved. (MJP)
Descriptors: Botany, Colonial History (United States), Ecology, Floriculture, Higher Education, Horticulture, Landscaping, North American History, Ornithology, Plant Identification, Plant Pathology, Scientists
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Bartram (John); National Endowment for the Humanities; Pennsylvania