Marshall Avery Howe

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Marshall Avery Howe (June 6, 1867 in Newfane, Vermont[https://archive.org/details/onethousandmen00kentgoog/page/n86/mode/2up 1000 Men], by Dorman Bridgman Eaton Kent; p. 79; published 1915 by the Vermont Historical Society; via archive.org

-1936) was an American botanist, taxonomist, morphologist, curator and the third director of the New York Botanical Garden.Makers of American Botany, Harry Baker Humphrey, Ronald Press Company, Library of Congress Card Number 61-18435{{rp|115}} {{cite web|last=The New York Botanical Garden Archives and Manuscripts Collections|title=Marshall Avery Howe Records|url=http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/libr/finding_guide/howe.asp.html|accessdate=18 July 2015}} He specialized in the study of liverworts (Hepaticae) and algae, and was also an expert on

the cultivation of dahlias and other ornamental plants. He was an instructor in cryptogamic botany at the University of California at Berkeley and was appointed curator of the New York Botanical Garden in 1906, and assistant director in 1923, and director in 1935{{cite book|contribution=Howe, Marshall Avery|url=https://archive.org/details/taxonomicliterat21979staf|title=Taxonomic literature: a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types|year=1976|volume=I|edition=2nd|oclc=2709682|location=Utrecht|first=Frans Antonie|last=Stafler|first2=Richard S.|last2=Cowan|publisher=Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema|isbn=9789031302246|url-access=registration}}{{rp|347–348}} after the resignation of Elmer Drew Merrill. In collecting for the gardens, he made numerous expeditions collecting algae and liverworts. He was an active member of the "Garden Club" in New York. He served as secretary then president of the Board of Trustees of the Pleasantville Free Library.

Howe edited and distributed two exsiccata-like series Hepaticae Californicae and North American marine algae, collected at San Juan, Puerto Rico and the Great Rogged Islands, Bahamas.{{cite web |title=Hepaticae Californicae: IndExs ExsiccataID=907685632 |website=IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae |publisher=Botanische Staatssammlung München |url=https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=907685632 |access-date=8 August 2024}}{{cite web |title=North American marine algae, collected at San Juan, Puerto Rico and the Great Rogged Islands, Bahamas: IndExs ExsiccataID=157302016 |website=IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae |publisher=Botanische Staatssammlung München |url=https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=157302016 |access-date=8 August 2024}}

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