Charles Sprague Sargent
Union Army officer
Died when: 85 years 332 days (1030 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Charles Sprague Sargent (April 24, 1841 – March 22, 1927) 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.
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