About Lena Tracy Hanks
Lived 1879 – 1944 (aged 64–65). Lena Tracy Hanks was an American botanist, phycologist and botanical collector.
Lena Tracy Hanks (1879–1944), sometimes credited as Lenda Tracy Hanks, was an American algologist and botanist who specialized in studying North American algae and flora. She is credited with the discovery of Geranium laxum. She worked at the museum of the New York Botanical Garden with John Kunkel Small.
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American botanist (1879-1944)
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Lena Tracy Hanks was born in 1879 in New York City.
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Lena Tracy Hanks died in 1944.
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Lena Tracy Hanks was a botanist, phycologist and botanical collector.
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Lena Tracy Hanks was American.
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