Townshend Stith Brandegee
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Townshend Stith Brandegee (February 16, 1843 – April 7, 1925) was an American botanist. He was an authority on the flora of Baja California and the
Channel Islands of California.[1]
Early life
Brandegee was born on February 16, 1843, in Berlin, Connecticut. From 1862 to 1864 he served in the Connecticut Artillery and later decided to become an engineer. He got his degree in engineering from Sheffield Scientific School but then pursued botany after he participated at some classes with Daniel Cady Eaton in Yale University.
When he graduated from there, he became a
Santa Rosa Islands on one of which he collected wood for Charles Sprague Sargent.[2]
Work, marriage and publications
Soon after it, he moved to
Katharine Layne Curran in San Diego in 1889. In 1906, he moved to Berkeley, California where he died on April 7, 1925.[2]
Further reading
- Carter, Nancy Carol (2011). "The Brandegees: Leading Botanists in San Diego" (PDF). Journal of San Diego History. 14 (4): 191–216. Republished ("somewhat abridged") in Eden 14(4): 1–9.
References
- ^ "Townshend Stith Brandegee". Islapedia.org. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
- ^ Jepson Herbarium. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
- ^ "The Mexican Itineraries of T. S. Brandegee". Madroño. 11: 253–262.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Brandegee.
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