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American bryologist and painter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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| Born | 13 April 1858  New York City |
| Died | 4 September 1951 (aged 93) |
| Occupation | Bryologist, botanical collector, painter, scientific illustrator |
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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]
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