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Arber, Agnes, 1879-1960

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1879 - 1960

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Notebooks [An 1–25], 1886–1958

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection holds mostly material collected by Agnes Arber's daughter, Muriel Arber (1913–2004). It includes 31 of Agnes Arber's notebooks about herbals and plant morphology; atavism and the "law of loss," which she independently formulated from botanical evidence; the botany of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) and Guy de la Brosse (1586–1641); her first herbarium; drawings of plants; "botanical records and cuttings", which includes a letter from her friend...
Dates: 1886–1958