Henry Hurd Rusby: The father of economic botany at the New York Botanical Garden |
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Authors: | David E Williams Susan M Fraser |
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Institution: | 1. New York Botanical Garden, 10458-5126, Bronx, NY
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Abstract: | Henry Hurd Rusby (1855–1940) is one of the outstanding personalities in the history of the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG).
He played a significant role, not only in the founding of NYBG in 1891, but also in establishing a strong precedent of research
and exploration in the field of economic botany at the new institution. As a result of Rusby’s influence and activity, the
study of useful plants formed an important part of NYBG’s original mandate, an institutional commitment that was rejuvenated
nearly a century later, with the formation of the Institute of Economic Botany. An indefatigable researcher both in the field
and in the herbarium, Rusby left behind a voluminous corpus of published work in systematic and economic botany that is a
legacy for modern botanists and pharmacologists. |
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Keywords: | Henry Hurd Rusby economic botany plant exploration |
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