The Comstocks of Cornell the definitive autobiography / Anna Botsford Comstock ; edited by Karen Penders St. Clair.

Author/creator Comstock, Anna Botsford
Other author Penders St. Clair, Karen.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIthaca [New York] : Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press 2020.
Descriptionxxiv 532 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Contents The boyhood of John Henry Comstock, 1849-1865 -- A sailor and a scholar -- Undergraduate days at Cornell -- Anna Botsford Comstock : childhood and girlhood -- A university professorship and marriage, 1876-1879 -- Entomologist to U. S. Department of Agriculture (life in Washington as United States entomologist, 1879-1881) -- Return to Cornell -- The year 1888-1889; with a winter in Germany -- California and Stanford University -- The nature study movement at Cornell University; a journey south to study spiders -- How to know butterflies and the confessions to a heathen idol -- A sabbatical year abroad : Egypt and Greece -- Italy, Switzerland, and home -- Chapter 15 : 1908-1912, Cornell's new quarters for entomology and nature study -- The two-hundred and fiftieth-anniversary celebration of the Royal Society and the International Entomological Congress -- The 65th milestone and retirement -- Florida and retirement -- The Toronto meeting of the A.A.A.S. 1922. A surprising voyage westward -- Honolulu and happiness, a voyage to Europe -- Mentone.
Abstract "This book is a historic restoration of the complete autobiographical manuscript (later heavily edited) of a prominent Cornellian couple, John Comstock and Anna Botsford Comstock, and their enduring legacy at Cornell University"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019020876
ISBN9781501716270 (cloth)
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