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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
John Merle Coulter
Born: November 20, 1851
Died: December 23, 1928 (aged 77)
Bio: John Merle Coulter, Ph. D. was an American botanist and educator.:57 9 In his career in education administration, Coulter is notable for serving as the president of Indiana University and Lake Forest College and the head of the Department of Botany at the University of Chicago.
Known for:
- Morphology of Gymnosperms (1910)
- North American Species of Cactus
- Botanical Gazette