Jacob Bigelow
1786–1879
American botanist and physician. Professor of materia medica, Harvard Medical School, 1815–55; Rumford Professor of the application of science to the useful arts, 1816–27. President, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1847–63. Published extensively on botany, medicine, and technology.
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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