George Lincoln Goodale | |
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Born | August 3, 1839 |
Died | April 12, 1923 Saco, Maine | (aged 83)
Alma mater | Amherst College Harvard Medical School |
Known for | Glass Flowers |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Bowdoin College Harvard University |
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George Lincoln Goodale (August 3, 1839 – April 12, 1923) was an American botanist and the first director of Harvard's Botanical Museum (now part of the Harvard Museum of Natural History). It was he who commissioned the making of the university's legendary Glass Flowers collection.