Research Guides: Botany: Biographies

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Biography and Genealogy Master Index This link opens in a new window
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Indexed resources on where to find biographical material on people from all time periods, geographic locations, and fields of endeavor.
Gale In Context: Biography This link opens in a new window
Includes biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources.

Biographical Memoirs
Brief biographies of deceased National Academy of Sciences members, written by those who knew them or their work.
Index of Botanists
From the Harvard University Herbaria, authors of plant names, botanical and mycological collectors, and authors of publications of importance to systematic botany and mycology, are combined into a single resource.
List of Botanists
List of botanists in alphabetical order by surname who have written articles.
List of Botanists by Author Abbreviation
List of botanists by their author abbreviation, including that established by Brummitt & Powell (1992), designed for citation in the botanical names they have published.
Walter Tennyson Swingle, 1871-1952
From the Swingle Plant Anatomy Reference Collection, University of Miami.