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Metadata
Object ID |
1991.08.03 |
Title |
The National Geographic Magazine, Volume XXXVI Number One, July 1919 |
Object Name |
Magazine |
Author |
Gilbert Grosvenor, Editor and Director |
Published Date |
July 1919 |
Description |
The National Geographic Magazine, Volume XXXVI Number One, July 1919 Gilbert Grosvenor, Editor and Director Board of Managers includes Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor of the Telephone and David Fairchild, In Charge of Agricultural Explorations, U.S. Department of Agriculture Article on page 57 by David Fairchild Agricultural Explorer, In Charge Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, U.S. Department of Agriculture - '" A Hunter of Plants. Among explorers no individual receives less recognition for signal servicee to civilization than the hunter of plants. His name is not written upon new-found lands nor upon hitherto uncharted seas. But through his vision, his daring, and his fortitude he enriches the waste placees of his home land and helps to feed thousands today and millions of the future. The plant-hunter is an unsung Columbus of horticulture." David Fairchild was on the Board of Managers for the National Geographic Society, 1918-1920, in charge of Agricultural Explorations, Department of Agriculture |