William Henry Leggett

William Henry Leggett (February 24, 1816 – April 11, 1882) was a botanist and journalist, who founded the Torrey Botanical Bulletin.[1][2]

Biography

He was born February 24, 1816 in Manhattan, New York City. He graduated from Columbia College in 1837. He founded the Torrey Botanical Bulletin and was its editor and publisher from 1870 till 1880. He died on April 11, 1882 in Manhattan, New York City.[1]

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References
  1. William Henry Leggett Papers, Archives, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden
  2. Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century.
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