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Asa Gray
Gray, Asa
Gray, Asa (1810–88) An American botanist and taxonomist who did much to popularize the study of botany and to expound, but also criticize,
Darwin's evolutionary theory. In 1842, he was appointed Fisher Professor of Natural History at Harvard University and founded the Gray Herbarium and a library. He was an original member of the National Academy of Sciences and in 1872 was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1859 he published a memoir on the relationships between the floras of Japan and North America, one of the earliest studies of discontinuous plant distribution. His
Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States, the first edition of which was published in 1848, was probably his most enduring work, although it was his
Statistics of the Flora of the Northern United States (1856–7) that established his academic reputation. He collaborated with John
Torrey to produce the 2-volume
Flora of North America (1838–43) and published his
Synoptical Flora in 1878.
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Asa H. Gray IV.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 11/20/2009; 436 words
; CAPE HATTERAS - Asa Hamilton Gray IV, 34, of Cape Hatteras, found peace...Dawn and Danny Fenyak; his father, Asa Gray III; sisters, Danielle Fenyak...preceded in death by his grandparents, Asa II and Elizabeth Gray. A memorial service...
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Historic Cambridge Federal The home in which botanist Asa Gray lived and taught his students is for sale at $1.7m
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/4/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Federal-style home, that world-famous botanist Asa Gray instructed his students. During Gray's tenure as professor of natural history at Harvard...Beyond the Cox's studio is the large room that Asa Gray used as a lecture hall. It has a high ceiling...
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CorrOcean ASA wins subsea sensors orders from Vetco Gray Controls Ltd.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Nordic Business Report; 2/2/2006; 664 words
; ...2 February 2006-CorrOcean ASA wins subsea sensors orders from Vetco Gray Controls Ltd(C)1994-2006...and services provider CorrOcean ASA said on Thursday (2 February...United Kingdom based company Vetco Gray Controls Ltd. The orders, valued...
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CorrOcean ASA wins USD1.1m sensors contract from Vetco Gray.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Nordic Business Report; 8/9/2004; 690 words
; ...REPORT-9 August 2004-CorrOcean ASA wins USD1.1m sensors contract from Vetco Gray(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...technology company CorrOcean ASA said on Monday (9 August) that...1m sensors contract from Vetco Gray. The contract covers SenCorr...
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ASA And PHC Renew N-Hibit Partnership Program With Sign-Up Starting At Commodity Classic
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/18/2008; 700+ words
; ...the threat of SCN damage," said ASA President John Hoffman, a soybean...performance on treated acreage." ASA member Michael Gray, of Elizabeth City, N.C., was...the growers who participated in the ASA Partnership Program in 2007. He...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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GRAY'S PEAK.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 6/27/1999; 585 words
; ...Jackson, who took this photograph of Gray's and Torrey's peaks for the famed...Hayden Survey in 1873. For the record, Gray's (on the left) is 14,270 feet...instrumental in naming the peaks for Asa Gray and John Torrey, botany professors...
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Clonal Fidelity in Large Colonies of Gaylussacia brachycera Gray (Box Huckleberry) Assessed by DNA Fingerprinting
Magazine article from: Northeastern Naturalist; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...huckleberry. Introduction Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) Gray (box huckleberry) is a slow-growing, evergreen groundcover...It was described and renamed Gaylussacia brachycera by Asa Gray (Gray 1846), based on collections made in 1845 by S.F...
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Coursing through the gray areas
Magazine article from: CA Magazine; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...decisions that could significantly change the company's potential tax burden have to be made within what could be described asa gray area. These areas, which make it harder to manage the business and make decisions, are usually generated by various...
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 "Birmingham Mail (England)")
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Football: Asa's volley good show for Blues; BRADFORD RES 1 BLUES RES 1.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England); 10/19/2006; 427 words
; ...tins League table last night as Asa Hall's late volley extended...s mis-firing side. Julian Gray was also given a run-out and...Price, A Hall, Allen, Gray (McPike 67), Birley. Substitutes...Bateman, M Hall. CAPTION(S): ASA HALL.
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Football: Asa's volley good show for Blues.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England); 10/19/2006; 431 words
; ...tins League table last night as Asa Hall's late volley extended...s mis-firing side. Julian Gray was also given a run-out and...Price, A Hall, Allen, Gray (McPike 67), Birley. Substitutes...Bateman, M Hall. CAPTION(S): ASA HALL.
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Asa Gray
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Asa Gray Asa Gray (1810-1888), American botanist, pioneered in the study of plant...specialists. A new method of classification was coming into use early in Asa Gray's career—the so-called natural system, which aimed...
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Gray, Asa
Book article from: Plant Sciences
Gray, Asa American Botanist 1810-1888 Asa Gray was the dominant force in botanical science in the United...eventual acceptance of Darwin's theories in the United States. Asa Gray was born in 1810 in Sauquoit Valley, New York, near Utica...
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Gray, Asa (1810-1888)
Book article from: American Eras
Asa Gray (1810-1888) Source Botanist Childhood. Asa Gray was the oldest of eight children born to a prosperous...of nineteenth-century science. Source A. Hunter Dupree, Asa Gray, 1810–1888 (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap...
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Darwin in America
Book article from: American Eras
...had written to his American friend Asa Gray about his theory of evolution in 1856 and 1857 but had asked Gray to keep quiet about it. After On the...publication of Darwin’s work. Asa Gray’s studies of plant...
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Darlington, William
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Nestor of American botany, ” Asa Gray ’ s wreath, epitomizes this...long – time confidant of Asa Gray; and his voluminous correspondence...1864), 330 – 343; and Asa Gray, “ The Late William...
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