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Wilbur S. Jackman

Also found in catalogs as Wilbur S. (Wilbur Samuel) Jackman.

1855–1907 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Putting Down Roots

Burk, William R. · 2023

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: Jackman, Wilbur S. 1855-1907.

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