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Harriet George Barclay (31 August 1901 - 25 May 1990) was an American botanist, plant ecologist, [1] nature conservationist, and artist. The standard author abbreviation H.G.Barclay is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [2]
Barclay was a professor at the University of Tulsa. [3] She later became Chair of the Botany Department in 1953. [4]
She also taught at universities across America: Colorado, [5] Arkansas, Illinois, and North Carolina. [6]
Harriet George Barclay collected over 35,000 [7] plants from 6 different continents, [8] including 15,000 different specimens from South America while conducting research there. [9]
She has over 2,000 specimens on record as identified or collected. [10] [11]
Barclay was instrumental in getting the Nature Conservancy in Washington, D.C. to lease land to the University of Tulsa for Redbud Valley Nature Preserve - the first project of its kind in Oklahoma. [15] [16]
"A trip has no value if you come home and forget it" - Harriet George Barclay. [24]
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