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Clemens, Joseph (1862–1936) View Biographical Record

Article: Oral History

Subject ID: 41347

Subject Name: Clemens, Joseph
Article Title: Oral History
Publication Date: 22 Sep 1930
Publisher City: Kew Gardens, England
Notes: To America (Bedford Co., PA) with parents, 1867; to Superior region, Michigan (iron mines; his father was a miner), 1880; Dickinson Prep. School, 1884, Dickinson College, AB 1894, AM 1897; ME minister, Central PA Conf. 1894-1901; chaplain, U.S. Army (captain), 1902- ; retired (major) for disability in line of service in France, 1918; Since 1905 he collected plants with wife, Mary Strong Clemens in eastern Asia and Malay islands. From: Barnhart, John Hendley. Biographical Notes Upon Botanists. Boston, G. K. Hall, 1965.