Frederick Traugott Pursh
1774–1820
Botanist born in Grossenhain, Saxony, but who settled in America in 1799. Managed botanic gardens and undertook botanical expeditions in the United States and Canada. Resided in England, 1811–15.
Sources
DAB
DSB.
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.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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