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Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
William Francis Ganong
Born: February 19, 1864
Died: September 7, 1941 (aged 77)
Bio: William Francis Ganong, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C., was a Canadian botanist, historian and cartographer. His botany career was spent mainly as a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Known for:
- A Textbook of Botany for Colleges (1916)
- The Economic Mollusca of Acadia (1889)