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Identifier: historyofmichiga00beal Title: History of the Michigan agricultural college and biographical sketches of trustees and professors Year: 1915 (1910s) Authors: Beal, William James, 1833- [from old catalog] Subjects: Michigan. State University, East Lansing. [from old catalog] Publisher: East Lansing, Agricultural college Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing Before Image: d in the College chapel onSunday, April 20th, at which the following persons participated: PresidentClute, Dr. Beal, Dr. Miles, Professor Cook. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF TRUSTEES AND FACULTY. 403 The following Is adapted from the American Agriculturist, 1890. Professor George Thurber, A. M., M. D., was born Sept. 2, 1821, at Provi-dence, Rhode Island. After leaving school and making preparation, heengaged in the drug business, during which time he devoted much timeto chemistry and botany. He became intimate with Dr. John Torrey, AsaGray and Louis Agassiz, and through their influence, in 1850 he was appointeda member of the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey for the pur-pose of studying the flora of that little known region. One of the cacti collected was Cereus Thu7-heri, since extensively plantedfor its fruit on desert regions of North Africa. A genus of grasses, Thurheria, was named for him by Dr. Bentham. From1853 to 1856 he was employed in the United States Assay Office. The

Text Appearing After Image: MANLY MILES. following three years he spent chiefly in the study of his botanical collections. He became editor of the American Agriculturist. By competent judges hewas considered the most accomplished horticultural writer of his time.Besides contributing large numbers of editorials and notes concerning scien-tific topics in great variety, his Notes from the Pines and his DoctorsTalks attracted much favorable comment. The degree of Master of Arts was conferred by Brown University andDoctor of Medicine by the New York Medical College. Dr. Thurber rewrote Darlingtons Agricultural Botany with the new titleAmerican Weeds and Useful Plants, prepared many articles on botany forAppletons Cyclopedia, and described the grasses for the Botany of California,known as a portion of the Geological Survey. His judgment was sound, hismemory excellent. Manly Miles, M. D. Professor of practical agriculture and superin-tendent of the farm, 1865-75. 404 HISTORY OF MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Professor

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