1. Albert Kellogg was an American physician and the first resident botanist of California.
17 Facts About Albert Kellogg
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Albert Kellogg was a founding member of the California Academy of Sciences and served as its first curator of botany.
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Albert Kellogg was born in New Hartford, Connecticut, on December 6,1813, the son of Isaac and Aurilla Barney, prosperous farmers with a long family history in New England.
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Albert Kellogg studied medicine at the Medical College of South Carolina and at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, where he graduated with a medical degree.
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Albert Kellogg practiced medicine in Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama, while taking every opportunity to explore the vegetation of the region and collect botanical specimens.
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Albert Kellogg worked for the Connecticut Mining and Trading Company in Sacramento and the nearby mining regions for the next three or four years.
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Albert Kellogg later settled in San Francisco where he opened a pharmacy and practiced medicine to a limited extent.
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On 4 April 1853, Albert Kellogg was one of seven men to meet and form the California Academy of Sciences.
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Albert Kellogg was devoted to the organization from its beginning and served in various administrative roles including vice-president, librarian, curator, and museum director.
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Albert Kellogg was the academy's first curator of botany and enthusiastically encouraged members and visitors to bring him plant specimens for identification and study.
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Albert Kellogg was hired as botanist and surgeon by the United States Coast Survey for an expedition to Alaska in 1867, the year the territory was purchased.
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Albert Kellogg made a careful study of coastal tree species.
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Albert Kellogg wrote numerous papers on California plants and published them in the official Academy publications as well as local newspapers and magazines.
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Albert Kellogg was an accomplished artist and many of his papers were accompanied by his illustrations.
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Albert Kellogg's publications resulted in the initial descriptions of several plant genera and 215 species.
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Albert Kellogg was the last surviving charter member of the academy.
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Albert Kellogg remained active in its affairs until his death on March 31,1887, in Alameda, California.