Charles Sprague Sargent | |
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| Born | April 24, 1841 Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | March 22, 1927 (aged 85) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard College (1862) |
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| Awards | Veitch Memorial Medal |
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| Author abbrev. (botany) | Sarg. |
| Eponym | Sargentodoxa |
| 1st Director of Arnold Arboretum | |
| In office 1873–1927 | |
| Succeeded by | Oakes Ames |
Charles Sprague Sargent (April 24, 1841 – March 22, 1927)[1] was an American botanist. He was appointed in 1872 as the first director of Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and held the post until his death. He published several works of botany. The standard botanical author abbreviation Sarg. is applied to plants he identified.
- ^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.