About Walter Deane
Lived 1848 – 1930 (aged 82). Walter Deane was an American botanist, ornithologist and collector.
Walter Deane (April 23, 1848 – July 30, 1930) was an American amateur botanist and ornithologist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he graduated from Harvard College in 1870. He was a founding member of the New England Botanical Club and served as its president from 1908 to 1911. From 1897 to 1907 he was curator of William Brewster's ornithological museum, and prepared Brewster's Birds of the Cambridge Region. Deane is commemorated in the plant genus Deanea Coulter & Rose.
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American botanist (1848-1930)
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Walter Deane was born on 23 April 1848 in Boston.
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Walter Deane died on 30 July 1930.
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Walter Deane was a botanist, ornithologist and collector.
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