About William Henry Leggett
Lived 1816 – 1882 (aged 66). William Henry Leggett was an American botanist and journalist.
William Henry Leggett (February 24, 1816 – April 11, 1882) was a botanist and journalist, who founded the Torrey Botanical Bulletin.
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.
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American botanist (1816-1882)
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William Henry Leggett died on 11 April 1882.
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