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John Torrey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Torrey was the preeminent botanist in the United States during the nineteenth century. Born in New York City and trained as a physician, chemist, and mineralogist, he taught at West Point, the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, and Princeton University.
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Torrey, John (1796-1873), pioneer American botanist, was professor of chemistry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York from 1827 to 1855 and concurrently professor of chemistry and natural history at Princeton from 1830 to 1854.
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John Torrey is a significant botanist. Learn more about John Torrey at HowStuffWorks. ... Torrey, John (1796–1873), a United States botanist and chemist. He described and classified hundreds of plants, including those collected by John C. Frémont and others on some 20 government expeditions to the West, 1820–58.
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Torrey, John. Torrey, John. Information about Torrey, John in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Torrey Township, MN; Torrey tree; Torrey tree; Torrey Westrom; Torrey's Amaranth; Torrey's pine; Torrey's pine; Torrey's Topical Textbook; Torrey, John; Torrey, New York; Torrey, UT; Torrey,
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John Torrey was born in New York on August 15th, 1796. As a youth he collected and observed the plants of the vicinity of New York. When he was 15 years old, his father was appointed Fiscal Agent of the State Prison of New York.
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Torrey, John (United States 1796-1873 ... 13 (1976). --Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists (1997). --Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 95(6) (1968): 515-645.; --John Torrey; A Story of North American Botany (1942).
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TORREY, JOHN FRINK (1817-1893). John Frink Torrey, trader and manufacturer, was born in Ashford, Connecticut, on April 14, 1817, the son of Jacob N. and Laura (Kilburn) Torrey. ... Torrey also started the John Torrey Jewelry and Fancy Goods Store, which remained open from 1840 to 1844. Another venture, Torrey's Tavern,
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