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Alaska (Alaska, United States) (search for this): entry knowlton-frank-hall
Knowlton, Frank Hall 1860- Botanist; born in Brandon, Vt., Sept. 2, 1860; graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, and appointed an aid in the United States National Museum in 1884; became assistant curator of botany in 1887; and assistant paleontologist of the United States Geological Survey in 1889. In 1887-96 he was Professor of Botany in Columbia University. He wrote the botanical definitions for the Century dictionary and later had charge of the department of botany in the Standard dictionary, writing about 25,000 definitions for the last work. He is the author of Fossil Wood and lignite of the Potomac Formation; Fossil Flora of Alaska; Catalogue of the Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of North America, etc.; and is the editor of The plant world.
Brandon, Vt. (Vermont, United States) (search for this): entry knowlton-frank-hall
Knowlton, Frank Hall 1860- Botanist; born in Brandon, Vt., Sept. 2, 1860; graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, and appointed an aid in the United States National Museum in 1884; became assistant curator of botany in 1887; and assistant paleontologist of the United States Geological Survey in 1889. In 1887-96 he was Professor of Botany in Columbia University. He wrote the botanical definitions for the Century dictionary and later had charge of the department of botany in the Standard dictionary, writing about 25,000 definitions for the last work. He is the author of Fossil Wood and lignite of the Potomac Formation; Fossil Flora of Alaska; Catalogue of the Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of North America, etc.; and is the editor of The plant world.
North America (search for this): entry knowlton-frank-hall
Knowlton, Frank Hall 1860- Botanist; born in Brandon, Vt., Sept. 2, 1860; graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, and appointed an aid in the United States National Museum in 1884; became assistant curator of botany in 1887; and assistant paleontologist of the United States Geological Survey in 1889. In 1887-96 he was Professor of Botany in Columbia University. He wrote the botanical definitions for the Century dictionary and later had charge of the department of botany in the Standard dictionary, writing about 25,000 definitions for the last work. He is the author of Fossil Wood and lignite of the Potomac Formation; Fossil Flora of Alaska; Catalogue of the Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of North America, etc.; and is the editor of The plant world.
United States (United States) (search for this): entry knowlton-frank-hall
Knowlton, Frank Hall 1860- Botanist; born in Brandon, Vt., Sept. 2, 1860; graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, and appointed an aid in the United States National Museum in 1884; became assistant curator of botany in 1887; and assistant paleontologist of the United States Geological Survey in 1889. In 1887-96 he was Professor of Botany in Columbia University. He wrote the botanical definitions for the Century dictionary and later had charge of the department of botany in the StandardUnited States Geological Survey in 1889. In 1887-96 he was Professor of Botany in Columbia University. He wrote the botanical definitions for the Century dictionary and later had charge of the department of botany in the Standard dictionary, writing about 25,000 definitions for the last work. He is the author of Fossil Wood and lignite of the Potomac Formation; Fossil Flora of Alaska; Catalogue of the Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of North America, etc.; and is the editor of The plant world.
John Wood (search for this): entry knowlton-frank-hall
Knowlton, Frank Hall 1860- Botanist; born in Brandon, Vt., Sept. 2, 1860; graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, and appointed an aid in the United States National Museum in 1884; became assistant curator of botany in 1887; and assistant paleontologist of the United States Geological Survey in 1889. In 1887-96 he was Professor of Botany in Columbia University. He wrote the botanical definitions for the Century dictionary and later had charge of the department of botany in the Standard dictionary, writing about 25,000 definitions for the last work. He is the author of Fossil Wood and lignite of the Potomac Formation; Fossil Flora of Alaska; Catalogue of the Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of North America, etc.; and is the editor of The plant world.
Flora (search for this): entry knowlton-frank-hall
Knowlton, Frank Hall 1860- Botanist; born in Brandon, Vt., Sept. 2, 1860; graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, and appointed an aid in the United States National Museum in 1884; became assistant curator of botany in 1887; and assistant paleontologist of the United States Geological Survey in 1889. In 1887-96 he was Professor of Botany in Columbia University. He wrote the botanical definitions for the Century dictionary and later had charge of the department of botany in the Standard dictionary, writing about 25,000 definitions for the last work. He is the author of Fossil Wood and lignite of the Potomac Formation; Fossil Flora of Alaska; Catalogue of the Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of North America, etc.; and is the editor of The plant world.
Frank Hall Knowlton (search for this): entry knowlton-frank-hall
Knowlton, Frank Hall 1860- Botanist; born in Brandon, Vt., Sept. 2, 1860; graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, and appointed an aid in the United States National Museum in 1884; became assistant curator of botany in 1887; and assistant paleontologist of the United States Geological Survey in 1889. In 1887-96 he was Professor of Botany in Columbia University. He wrote the botanical definitions for the Century dictionary and later had charge of the department of botany in the Standard dictionary, writing about 25,000 definitions for the last work. He is the author of Fossil Wood and lignite of the Potomac Formation; Fossil Flora of Alaska; Catalogue of the Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of North America, etc.; and is the editor of The plant world.
1860 AD (search for this): entry knowlton-frank-hall
Knowlton, Frank Hall 1860- Botanist; born in Brandon, Vt., Sept. 2, 1860; graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, and appointed an aid in the United States National Museum in 1884; became assistant curator of botany in 1887; and assistant paleontologist of the United States Geological Survey in 1889. In 1887-96 he was Professor of Botany in Columbia University. He wrote the botanical definitions for the Century dictionary and later had charge of the department of botany in the Standard dictionary, writing about 25,000 definitions for the last work. He is the author of Fossil Wood and lignite of the Potomac Formation; Fossil Flora of Alaska; Catalogue of the Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of North America, etc.; and is the editor of The plant world.
1896 AD (search for this): entry knowlton-frank-hall
Knowlton, Frank Hall 1860- Botanist; born in Brandon, Vt., Sept. 2, 1860; graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, and appointed an aid in the United States National Museum in 1884; became assistant curator of botany in 1887; and assistant paleontologist of the United States Geological Survey in 1889. In 1887-96 he was Professor of Botany in Columbia University. He wrote the botanical definitions for the Century dictionary and later had charge of the department of botany in the Standard dictionary, writing about 25,000 definitions for the last work. He is the author of Fossil Wood and lignite of the Potomac Formation; Fossil Flora of Alaska; Catalogue of the Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of North America, etc.; and is the editor of The plant world.
1889 AD (search for this): entry knowlton-frank-hall
Knowlton, Frank Hall 1860- Botanist; born in Brandon, Vt., Sept. 2, 1860; graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, and appointed an aid in the United States National Museum in 1884; became assistant curator of botany in 1887; and assistant paleontologist of the United States Geological Survey in 1889. In 1887-96 he was Professor of Botany in Columbia University. He wrote the botanical definitions for the Century dictionary and later had charge of the department of botany in the Standard dictionary, writing about 25,000 definitions for the last work. He is the author of Fossil Wood and lignite of the Potomac Formation; Fossil Flora of Alaska; Catalogue of the Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of North America, etc.; and is the editor of The plant world.
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