Moses Ashley Curtis
1808–72
American botanist and minister. Ordained in the Episcopal Church, 1834. Carried out missionary work in North Carolina for most of his life. Studied and collected North American lichens and fungi.
Source
DAB.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
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