Pittier, Henri, 1857-1950

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Henri Pittier was a Swiss-born botanist, geographer, linguist, and ethnographer. Pittier moved to Costa Rica in 1887 to found and direct the country's first geographic institute, the Instituto Físico-Geográfico. Pittier served as a botanist for the USDA from 1904 to 1919.

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creatorOf Pittier, Henri, 1857-1950. [Selections] New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library
creatorOf Pittier, Henri, 1857-1950. Papers on Venezuelan botany / Henri Pittier. Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H Raven Library
referencedIn Harvard University. Herbaria. Combined records of the Arnold Arboretum and the Gray Herbarium, 1850- Harvard University, Gray Herbarium
creatorOf Records of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering. 1853 - 1977. Correspondence of Henri Pittier National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln, 1864-1935. Papers of Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, 1887-1934 (inclusive). Harvard University, Gray Herbarium
creatorOf Blake, S. F. (Sidney Fay), 1892-1959. Sidney Fay Blake papers 1922-1953. New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Venezuela
Subject
Botany
Occupation
Botanists
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Birth 1857-08-18

Death 1950-01-27

Swiss

Spanish; Castilian,

French,

Latin,

English

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