Charles Christopher Parry
1823–90
British-born physician and botanist. After a short period in medical practice, joined the geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota in 1848. Appointed botanist to the United States and Mexican boundary survey in 1849. The first botanist appointed by the United States Department of Agriculture. Engaged in numerous expeditions of botanical exploration, in particular in the western United States.
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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