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1854–1918 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
The index holds one work for George Francis Atkinson so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.
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George Francis Atkinson and Hermann von Schrenk report on fungi collected at Blowing Rock in the North Carolina mountains, with notes toward identifying them. Reprinted from the Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society for the second half of 1892 and issued at Chapel Hill.
George Francis Atkinson's preliminary list of the birds recorded in North Carolina, with notes on some of the species. Reprinted from the 1887 Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society at Chapel Hill, it carries at head of title its number in the contributions from the university's biological laboratory.
William R. Burk's history of botany at the University of North Carolina, from its early natural scientists such as Denison Olmsted and Elisha Mitchell through later figures including George Francis Atkinson, Joseph Austin Holmes and Henry Van Peters Wilson, closing with a chapter on the Department of Botany itself. Published in Fort Worth in 2023.
Included because: Catalog heading in the OCPL record: Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918.
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William R. Burk's history of botany at the University of North Carolina, from its early natural scientists such as Denison Olmsted and Elisha Mitchell through later figures including George Francis Atkinson, Joseph Austin Holmes and Henry Van Peters Wilson, closing with a chapter on the Department of Botany itself. Published in Fort Worth in 2023.
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