Albert Spear Hitchcock

American botanist and agrostologist (1865-1935)
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Albert Spear Hitchcock
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Summary

Albert Spear Hitchcock was born on September 4, 1865[1], in Owosso[2]. He died on December 16, 1935[3], in Atlantic Ocean[4]. He worked as a botanist[5], university teacher[6], agrostologist[7], botanical collector[8], and scientific collector[9]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[11]
  • Field of work: botany[12], grass[13]
  • Employer: Smithsonian Institution[14], United States Department of Agriculture[15], Kansas State University[16]
  • Educated at: University of Iowa[17]
  • Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences[18]
  • Sex or gender: male[19]
  • Commons category: A. S. Hitchcock[20]
  • Archives at: Smithsonian Institution Archives[21]
  • Family name: Hitchcock[22]
  • Given name: Albert[23], Spear[24]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[25]
  • Commons Creator page: A. S. Hitchcock[26]
  • Contributed to creative work: Popular Science[27]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Collectors of specimens from Montserrat and Cayman Islands[28], WikiProject Smithsonian Names[29]
  • Writing language: English[30]
  • Collection items at: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin[31], Natural History Museum, Vienna[32], University of Vienna[33], Friedrich Schiller University Jena[34], Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew[35], Auckland War Memorial Museum Herbarium[36]

Why It Matters

Albert Spear Hitchcock has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] He is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

FAQs

Where was Albert Spear Hitchcock born?

Albert Spear Hitchcock was born in Owosso[2].

Where did Albert Spear Hitchcock die?

Albert Spear Hitchcock died in Atlantic Ocean[4].

What did Albert Spear Hitchcock do for work?

Albert Spear Hitchcock worked as a botanist[5], university teacher[6], agrostologist[7], botanical collector[8], and scientific collector[9].

Where did Albert Spear Hitchcock go to school?

Albert Spear Hitchcock was educated at University of Iowa[17].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . plants.jstor.org. plants.jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . nature.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Bionomia. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . plants.jstor.org. plants.jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . siarchives.si.edu. siarchives.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . International Plant Names Index. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . herbarium.bgbm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . w.jacq.org. w.jacq.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wu.jacq.org. wu.jacq.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . je.jacq.org. je.jacq.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Bionomia. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · BornOnTheCob · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Collectors of specimens from Montserrat and Cayman Islands, WikiProject Smithsonian Names
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'mk', 'nl', 'ru', 'specie
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    Prabook id → 1104421, 2557028
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