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THE first award of the George W. Carpenter fund for encouragement of scientific research was made on February 20 by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia to Dr. Francis W. Pennell, curator of botany in the Academy, for his work and study on the snapdragon family (Scrophulariaceae) of eastern North America. In presenting the 250 dollars honorarium at the annual meeting, the president announced that this fund also will permit publication of Dr. Pennell's book on the subject. The George W. Carpenter fund is a bequest from the late TMrs. Ellen D. C. Bennett, in memory of her father, one of the Academy's earliest members, who served as treasurer from 1826 until his death in 1860. Dr. Pennell was appointed curator of botany at the Academy in 1921, and under his direction this Department has become one of the largest of its kind in the United States, containing at the present time more than 600,000 specimens of plants and flowers from all parts of the world. Among these are some of the oldest and most valuable of American collections.
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Award to Dr. F. W. Pennell. Nature 133, 457–458 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133457d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133457d0