Asa Gray: American Botanist Friend of Darwin

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The leading American botanist of the nineteenth century Asa Gray helped organize the main generalizations of the science of plant geography. The manual of botany that carries his name is still in use today. Friend and confidant of Charles Darwin Gray became the most persistent and effective American protagonist of Darwins views. Yet at the same time he believed that religion and Darwins theory of natural selection could coexist. A. Hunter Duprees authoritative biography offers the first full-length interpretation of one of Americas most important scientists.