Caroline Coventry Haynes | |
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Born | 13 April 1858
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Died | 4 September 1951
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Occupation | Bryologist, botanical collector,
painter, scientific illustrator
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Caroline Coventry Haynes (13 April 1858 – 4 September 1951) was an American bryologist and painter, known for her study of liverworts and other hepatics. [1] [2]
Haynes was born on the 13th of April 1858 in New York to Caroline DeForest and her husband Frederick William Haynes. [3] [4] She completed her formal education at schools in New York and then travelled to Paris where she studied painting with William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Claude Monet. [2] During the 1890s Haynes was a member of the New York Water Color Club and exhibited at several annual exhibitions. [5] She also exhibited a work at the National Academy of Design Annual Exhibit in 1897. [6] She was a member and served as president of the Woman's Art Club of New York in 1899. [7] In the early 1900s she was appointed a member of the jury of selection for the New York Water Color Club annual exhibition and also served on the hanging committee. [8] A painting by Haynes is held at the New-York Historical Society. [9]
Haynes returned to New York from Paris in 1902 and studied botany with Marshall A. Howe at the New York Botanic Garden. [10] Between 1908 and 1913 she issued the exsiccata series American Hepaticae. Prepared by Carolyn Coventry Haynes. [11]
The standard author abbreviation Haynes is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [12]