William James Beal
1833–1924
American botanist and teacher. Schoolteacher in Union Springs, New York, 1859–68; studied under Louis Agassiz and Asa Gray at Harvard University. Lectured in botany at the University of Chicago, 1868–71. Taught at Michigan Agricultural College, 1871–1910.
Source
DAB.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
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