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| Elizabeth Emerson Atwater (08 Aug) 1812 - 1878 (11 Apr) |
| Elizabeth Atwater was a self-taught plant collector who corresponded with leading botanists of her time. Many of her specimens, donated to the Chicago Academy of Science, were lost in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. |
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| 1908. Owen, Maria L.. THE THREE ADVENTIVE HEATHS OF NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS. Rhodora (118): 173-179. | Google Scholar |