Malthus Augustus Ward notebooks, 1814-1860

Summary

Creator:
Ward, Malthus A. (Malthus Augustus), 1794-1863
Date:
1814-1860
Extent:
1 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Malthus Augustus Ward notebooks, ms51, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of fourteen notebooks of Malthus Augustus Ward from 1814-1860. The notebooks contain lectures on medicine, physiology, chemistry, and botany; notes on surgery, drugs and dentition, manners and mores, horticulture, and botany; plans of gardens; and descriptions of plants, shrubs, trees, and flowers.

Biographical / historical:

Malthus Augustus Whitworth Ward (1794-1863) was a physician, educator, botanist, and horticulturist born in New Hampshire. Ward eventually moved to Athens, Georgia, where he was Director of the University of Georgia Botanical Garden from 1831-1842.

For more information, see the article Malthus Ward (1794-1863) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Arrangement:

Arranged in chronological order.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Malthus Augustus Ward notebooks, ms51, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.