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About Elizabeth Gertrude Britton
Elizabeth Gertrude Britton was an American botanist, bryologist, and educator. She and her husband, Nathaniel Lord Britton, played a significant role in the fundraising and creation of the New York Botanical Garden. She was a co-founder of the precursor body to the American Bryological and Lichenological Society. She was an activist for the protection of wildflowers, inspiring local chapter activities and the passage of legislation. Elizabeth Britton made major contributions to the literature of mosses, publishing 170 papers in that field.
Everything about Elizabeth Gertrude Britton →- Occupation
- botanist, bryologist, curator, botanical collector
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 9, 1858
- Died
- February 25, 1934