Asa Gray
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Scientists, Plants, Botany, Horticulture
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: The leading botanical taxonomist in nineteenth century United States and the founder of the discipline of plant geography, Gray was the first advocate of Darwinian evolution in the United States.
Early Life
The son of Moses Gray, a tanner, and Roxana Howard Gray (New Englanders who had migrated to upstate New York after the Revolutionary War), Asa Gray was born on November 18, 1810, in Sauquoit, New York. Educated at local schools and academies, Gray entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Western District of New York in...
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