Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 532 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
The boyhood of John Henry Comstock, 1849-1865 -- A sailor and a scholar -- Undergraduate days at Cornell, 1870-1874 -- Anna Botsford Comstock : childhood and girlhood -- A university professorship and marriage, 1876-1879 -- Entomologist to U.S. Department of Agriculture (life in Washington as United States entomologist, 1879-1881) -- Return to Cornell -- The year 1888-1889; with a winter in Germany -- California and Stanford University -- The nature study movement at Cornell University; a journey south to study spiders -- How to know butterflies and the confessions to a heathen idol -- A sabbatical year abroad : Egypt and Greece -- Italy, Switzerland, and home -- Chapter 15 : 1908-1912, Cornell's new quarters for entomology and nature study -- The two-hundred and fiftieth-anniversary celebration of the Royal Society and the International Entomological Congress -- The 65th milestone and retirement -- Florida and retirement -- The Toronto meeting of the A.A.A.S. 1922. A surprising voyage westward -- Honolulu and happiness, a voyage to Europe -- Mentone |
Summary |
"This book is a historic restoration of the complete autobiographical manuscript (later heavily edited) of a prominent Cornellian couple, John Comstock and Anna Botsford Comstock, and their enduring legacy at Cornell University"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931.
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Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930.
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SUBJECT |
Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930
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Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931
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Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930 fast |
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Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931 fast |
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Cornell University -- Faculty -- Biography
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SUBJECT |
Cornell University fast |
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Entomologists -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- Biography
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College teachers -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- Biography
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Women wood-engravers -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Environmentalists & Naturalists.
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College teachers
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Entomologists
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Universities and colleges -- Faculty
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Women wood-engravers
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New York (State) -- Ithaca
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
St. Clair, Karen Penders, editor.
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LC no. |
2019980589 |
ISBN |
9781501716294 |
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1501716298 |
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9781501716287 |
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150171628X |
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