Catharine McGill Crooks | |
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| Born | February 13, 1833 |
| Died | March 23, 1871 |
| Occupation | Botanist |
Catharine (Kate) McGill Crooks Smart or Kate Crooks (February 13, 1833 – March 23, 1871) was a botanist and member of the Botanical Society of Canada. Her pressed botanical specimens were displayed in London, England at the International Exhibition of 1862,[1] and her botanical records were cited in the Catalogue of Canadian Plants; published as part of the Geological Survey of Canada.[2] She was a member of the Crooks family, a prominent family of merchants, industrialists, civil servants, politicians, and landowners in the nineteenth-century British colony of Upper Canada.[3]
- ^ International Exhibition (1862 : London, England) (1862). Medals and honourable mentions awarded by the international juries : with a list of jurors, and the report of the Council of Chairmen. Her Majesty's Commissioners. OCLC 31932442.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Rose, Geo. Maclean (George Maclean), 1829-1898. (1888). A Cyclopædia of Canadian biography being chiefly men of the time : a collection of persons distinguished in professional and political life : leaders in the commerce and industry of Canada, and successful pioneers. Rose Pub. Co. ISBN 0665942109. OCLC 1084367929.
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