Leo Lesquereux
Swiss-born bryologist and palaeontologist . Moved to the United States in 1848; after brief periods assisting Louis Agassiz and Asa Gray, settled in Columbus, Ohio, where he assisted the bryologist William Starling Sullivant. Employed on geological surveys in the mid-western United States and Pennsylvania. Engaged by Agassiz to organise the palaeobotanical collections at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1867–72.
Sources: DAB DSB Rodgers, A. D. 1968 Sarjeant, W. A. S. 1980–96 Sarton, George 1942
(See the bibliography for full references to sources)
See also Correspondence, volume(s): 11,12