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Born January 15, 1803 • Columbus • Ohio
Died April 30, 1873 (aged 70) • Columbus • Ohio
Notable Works “Icones Muscorum” • “The Musci and Hepaticae East of the Mississippi River”
Subjects Of Study bryophyte

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