William Starling Sullivant (1803 - 1873)
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The first really big American expert on mosses. Like most non-mycologists, he has an informative entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Gray says that Hypnum sullivantiae (Schimper) is named after the second Mrs. Sullivant (out of a total of three), Eliza, who was also a substantive bryologist. She died of cholera in 1850 (or 1851).
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Harry Baker Humphrey (1961) Makers of North American Botany
Dr. Asa Gray (1889) Scientific Papers of Asa Gray
Duane Isley (1994) One Hundred and One Botanists
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