William Henry Leggett Explained

William Henry Leggett (February 24, 1816 – April 11, 1882) was a botanist and journalist, who founded the Torrey Botanical Bulletin.^[1]

Biography

He was born February 24, 1816, in Manhattan, New York City. He graduated from Columbia College in 1837. He founded the Torrey Botanical Bulletin and was its editor and publisher from 1870 till 1880. He died on April 11, 1882, in Manhattan, New York City.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Herringshaw, Thomas William. Thomas William Herringshaw . Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century .
2. http://www.nybg.org/library/finding_guide/archv/leggett_ppb.html William Henry Leggett Papers, Archives, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden