ted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She wasappointed Professor of Astronomy at Vassar College on the open-ing of that institution, and later visited Europe, where she was thehonored guest of Sir John Herschel, of Humboldt, and of LeVerrier. Her unaffected and unpretentious… … POTTERY—Cincinnati Collection. 112 ART AND HANDICRAFT 28, 1889, illustrious through her contributions to science, and hon-ored in the hearts of all her countrywomen. The name of Miss Eliza A. Youmans is conspicuous as a pioneerin the field of botany. She wrote a treatise upon plant-life whichmarked…
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