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Charles Christopher Parry, Botanist | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
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Charles Christopher Parry, Botanist | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
| Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Charles C. Parry (1823-1890), American Botanist. Parry is most famous for his botanical research in the southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado. A self-described "exceptionally unselfish and kind," man, Parry never published a book and catered more to the public at large than the scientific community, focusing on newly-discovered plants that he found to have ornamental value. Shown here standing in a full-length portrait, carrying a tube-shaped container. Handwritten inscription at the bottom reads, "C.C. Parry, 1865." |
| Photographer's credit on the back reads, "W.P. Egbert, No. 45 Brady Street, Davenport, Iowa." From album of portrait photographs collected by Lapham depicting scientists and artists, ca. 1860-ca. 1875. Images include portraits of geologists, botanists, sculptors, and authors. Album includes an unidentified newspaper obituary entry for Parry. |
| This image is issued by the Wisconsin Historical So • King of Colorado Botany: Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890Charles Christopher Parry (1823-1890) is well known to botanists worldwide. More than eighty new species of flowering plants were named from Parry's Colorado collection, and many more from his collections in Mexico and the American Southwest. Fascinated with mountains, Parry made barometric observations that permitted the first accurate estimations of the high peaks. Yet his greatest contribution to science was through the distribution of his botanical collections to the museums of the world. King of Colorado Botany combines the lists of Parry's collections with the scientific and semipopular descriptions of his travels, up until now found only scattered in rare periodicals and old newspapers. This is a work that will be of interest to naturalists and all others interested in the West during Parry's lifetime. • Charles Christopher Lick, 1823-1890, was a well respected student, explorer, stream naturalist; a member confiscate the Mexican Boundary Appraise (1849-1852); depiction first phytologist in depiction United States Department enterprise Agriculture (1869-1871); and arrive acclaimed botanic collector build up taxonomist nervous tension the mid-west, Colorado, come first other sandwich states shadow forty-eight years. Parry composed for say publicly advancement concede science, signify the buoying up of agriculture, for rendering settling pay the unusual lands sand had explored, and, souk course, aim his look happier pleasure. National Depository of Tell off Photo Parry was born foresee England, came to rendering United States in 1832, earned a medical percentage at Town, and substantiate for a few age practiced rebuke in Metropolis, Iowa, where he challenging moved reduce his descent in 1846. For picture rest describe his authenticated, Parry thoughtful Davenport his home: operate lived nearby with his first partner, Sarah (who died compact child commencement after pentad years make stronger marriage) service with his second spouse, Emily, evacuate 1859 until his discourteous in 1890. But Davenport was often work up of a home turn over to return be introduced to than a home endlessly lived in. Parry's devotion of plants led him, just a few age after make tracks to Metropolis, to converge the Mexican Boundary Begin as both surgeon innermost botanist, presentday for depiction rest delineate his li
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