Displaying 146 - 150 of 154. Show 5 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 60 results per page.There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question than by endeavoring to detract from the worth of other men.--John Tillotson.
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Alicja Babst-Kostecka, Ph.D. Associate Professor, University of Arizona Director, Center for Environmentally Sustainable Mining My Research Interests
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George Engelmann George Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora of the west of North America, then very poorly known to Europeans; he was particularly active in the Rocky Mountains and northern Mexico, one of his constant companions being another German-American, the botanical illustrator Paulus Roetter. |
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Luther Burbank Luther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Burbank's developments included those of fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables. He developed a spineless cactus and the plumcot. |
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Viktor Schauberger Schauberger was born in Holzschlag, Upper Austria on 30 June 1885. His parents were Leopold Schauberger and Josefa, née Klimitsch. From 1891 to 1897 he attended the elementary school in Aigen, then until 1900 the state grammar school in Linz. Until 1904 he went to the forestry school in Aggsbach in the Kartause Aggsbach, where he passed the exam as a forester. From 1904 to 1906 he was forest clerk in Groß-Schweinbarth in Lower Austria. |
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Edward B. Voorhees, D.Sc. Agricultural chemist; agt. U.S. Dept. Agr. for Irrigation in New Jersey since 1896; prof. agriculture, Rutgers Coll., since 1890; supt. N. J. Agrl. Coll. farm since 1896; Republican. Born June 22, 1856, at Mine Brook, N. J., son of John and Sarah (Dilley) Voorhees. Pres. since 1901, N.J. state Bd. Agrl. Received Nichols Research Medal for best paper containing results of chemical research reported to Am. Chem. Soc. Journal, in 1902; for paper on Dentrification. |