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3037
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Larry Alston Whitford, who died October 6, 1995, exemplifies the spirit of the land-grant college--to educate the common man. From humble rural beginnings, he was graduated from NC State University and became a world-renowned psychologist.
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4424
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A train struck Gerald McCarthy, the first biologist of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, while he collected plants on October 11, 1892. He was severely injured; deafness prevented his hearing the train's approach. Yet deafness did not prevent an outstanding biological career. His accomplishments include contributing to the early development of the national seed-testing standard and the creation of the North Carolina Crop-Pest Control Commission.
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5824
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Troyer discusses the life and botanical contributions of Hardy Croom, who was born in Lenoir County and conducted his botanical work in the Southeastern United States. Croom, his wife, and three children perished in the wreck of the steamboat HOME, which was caught in a hurricane October 7, 1837, and wrecked near Ocracoke.
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8430
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George Vanderbilt had a curiosity about nature, and he financially supported extensive botanical activities at his Biltmore estate near Asheville. Five individuals were involved in the botanical work: Chauncy Delos Beadle, Frank Ellis Boynton, Francis Marian Crayton, Charles Lawrence Boynton, and Thomas Grant Harbison. The estate had widespread plant collections, a large herbarium, and a journal, Biltmore Botanical Studies. The botanical work was discontinued after a few years, but it made a significant contribution to the knowledge of the flora of the southeastern United States.
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11119
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In the 18th- and 19th-centuries a number of Moravians pursued botanical activities in the eastern part of the country. Troyer provides biographical information and summarizes their contributions.
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12066
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Ray Noggleï - scientific researcher, academic educator, and administrator - died in April 2009. He held a number of academic positions before coming to North Carolina State University in 1964 to become Professor and Head of the Department of Biology. He retired as Professor Emeritus in 1979. A list of his publications is included.
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28205
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Many early scientists contributed to our understanding of botany in North Carolina. The efforts of forty-two pioneering researchers are describe, from the identification and collection of unknown species to seminal publications and technical papers.
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