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Index of Botanists

NameHarris, Sydney
Date of birth1859
Date of death1924
Remarks[collector note: Massachusetts, New Hampshire; NEBC; Collection: specimen (GH) Erysimum capitatum (Douglas ex Hooker) Greene; Specimen (NEBC) Carex canescens L.; Residences: North Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard & 35 Vernon Street, Brookline; The Herbarium of Sydney Harris was "Presented to the New England Botanical Club, 1912" His name is mis-spelled on the provenance label as Sidney. On all labels and in his correspondance he used Sydney. The NEBC card file of collectors has "Sydney F. Harris", the middle initial "F." appears nowhere else, and it is an error (fide Vida Harris Epstein Poole]
ASA Botanist ID147425 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/6f22a5aa-19ac-494d-b88d-bdc4ac7ecaad
Standard/Label NameSydney Harris
Full NameHarris, Sydney
Geography CollectorUnited States of America
Specialty CollectorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorLichens
Citation as CollectorNEBC card file of collectors; Birth & Death dates from: Vida Harris Epstein Poole (granddaughter of Sydney Harris)
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by Sydney Harris
Collections in[no date] (5),  1891 (87),  1892 (11),  1893 (63),  1894 (122),  1895 (124),  1896 (291),  1897 (348),  1898 (91),  1899 (3),  1900 (5),  1901 (9),  1902 (30),  1903 (12),  1904 (15),  1907 (5),  1914 (2),  1916 (1)
Collector Teams:J. M. Greenman, E. F. Williams & Sydney Harris 

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