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Whipple, Amiel Weeks (1818–1863) View Biographical Record
Publication: Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography
Subject ID: 44586
| Subject Name: | Whipple, Amiel Weeks |
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| Publication Primary Author: | Wilson, James Grant |
| Publication Date: | 1894 |
| Call Number: | L15 A649 894 |
| Notes: | U.S. Milit Acad, grad '41; U.S. army, topogr eng, '41-'63, rising from 2nd Lieut to major gen; while 1st Lieut, in 1853, he was in charge of the Pacific RR survey along the 35th parallel. Associated plants: Whipplea Torr, Echinocactus Whipplei Engelm, Opuntia Whipplei Engelm, Yucca Whipplei Torr. From: Barnhart, John Hendley. Biographical Notes Upon Botanists. Boston, G. K. Hall, 1965. |