Miss Clara Eaton Cummings, Hunnewell professor of cryptogramic botany, Wellesley College, died in Concord, N.H., Friday of last week and interment was in Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
The Boston Transcript says: "Professor Cummings has been, to a peculiar degree, identified with the history of the college which she so loyally served. Entering as a student in 1876, a year after the first opening of Wellesley, she at once showed so marked a talent for the study of botany, especially for the identification of cryptogramic flora, that she was retained as a permanent member of that department of study, bearing the title of curator of the museum 1878-79; instructor in botany 1879-86. After a period of study in Zurich, Miss Cummings returned to the college as associate professor of cryptogramic botany. In 1905 she became Hunnewell professor of botany with temporary charge of the department. In 1906 her title was changed to that of Hunnewell professor of cryptogramic botany in recognition or the closely specializes work in which she had reached distinction, and with the hope that freed from the burden of administrative cares she would gain strength for new enterprises in her chosen field. Her health, however, proved to be seriously impaired.
"Among the published works of Professor Cummings are Lichens of Alaska and Labrador, and also edited Decades of North American Lichens, and was associate of Plant World, she was fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a member of the Society of Plant Morphology and Physiology twice president in 1904, and Mycologist Society, Torrey Botanical Club, Boston Mycological Club. Her studies were quickened and exalted by a passionate love of nature in its loftier forms. Especially dear to her was the mountain region of North Woodstock, N.H., her summer home. To those who knew her in those inspiring scenes, she seemed one with the genius of the place. Affectionate, gentle, trusting, brave of heart and blithe of spirit, she was in her life blessed by the devoted attachment of noble friends to whom her death brings lasting sorrow."
Clara Eaton Cummings was born in Plymouth in 1855 and graduated from the Normal School in 1872.
She was a member of one of Plymouth's prominent families and had kept up her childhood acquaintances here. >The Ashland Citizen, January 5, 1907, p4.
Clara's death date should be December 28, 1906; rather than December 26 per her gravestone on New Hampshire Death Records. Her birth date is July 13, 1855. She was the Hunnewell Professor of Cryptogamic Botany at Wellesley College. Thank you, Karen Tomecek.
The Boston Transcript says: "Professor Cummings has been, to a peculiar degree, identified with the history of the college which she so loyally served. Entering as a student in 1876, a year after the first opening of Wellesley, she at once showed so marked a talent for the study of botany, especially for the identification of cryptogramic flora, that she was retained as a permanent member of that department of study, bearing the title of curator of the museum 1878-79; instructor in botany 1879-86. After a period of study in Zurich, Miss Cummings returned to the college as associate professor of cryptogramic botany. In 1905 she became Hunnewell professor of botany with temporary charge of the department. In 1906 her title was changed to that of Hunnewell professor of cryptogramic botany in recognition or the closely specializes work in which she had reached distinction, and with the hope that freed from the burden of administrative cares she would gain strength for new enterprises in her chosen field. Her health, however, proved to be seriously impaired.
"Among the published works of Professor Cummings are Lichens of Alaska and Labrador, and also edited Decades of North American Lichens, and was associate of Plant World, she was fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a member of the Society of Plant Morphology and Physiology twice president in 1904, and Mycologist Society, Torrey Botanical Club, Boston Mycological Club. Her studies were quickened and exalted by a passionate love of nature in its loftier forms. Especially dear to her was the mountain region of North Woodstock, N.H., her summer home. To those who knew her in those inspiring scenes, she seemed one with the genius of the place. Affectionate, gentle, trusting, brave of heart and blithe of spirit, she was in her life blessed by the devoted attachment of noble friends to whom her death brings lasting sorrow."
Clara Eaton Cummings was born in Plymouth in 1855 and graduated from the Normal School in 1872.
She was a member of one of Plymouth's prominent families and had kept up her childhood acquaintances here. >The Ashland Citizen, January 5, 1907, p4.
Clara's death date should be December 28, 1906; rather than December 26 per her gravestone on New Hampshire Death Records. Her birth date is July 13, 1855. She was the Hunnewell Professor of Cryptogamic Botany at Wellesley College. Thank you, Karen Tomecek.
Miss Clara Eaton Cummings, Hunnewell professor of cryptogramic botany, Wellesley College, died in Concord, N.H., Friday of last week and interment was in Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
The Boston Transcript says: "Professor Cummings has been, to a peculiar degree, identified with the history of the college which she so loyally served. Entering as a student in 1876, a year after the first opening of Wellesley, she at once showed so marked a talent for the study of botany, especially for the identification of cryptogramic flora, that she was retained as a permanent member of that department of study, bearing the title of curator of the museum 1878-79; instructor in botany 1879-86. After a period of study in Zurich, Miss Cummings returned to the college as associate professor of cryptogramic botany. In 1905 she became Hunnewell professor of botany with temporary charge of the department. In 1906 her title was changed to that of Hunnewell professor of cryptogramic botany in recognition or the closely specializes work in which she had reached distinction, and with the hope that freed from the burden of administrative cares she would gain strength for new enterprises in her chosen field. Her health, however, proved to be seriously impaired.
"Among the published works of Professor Cummings are Lichens of Alaska and Labrador, and also edited Decades of North American Lichens, and was associate of Plant World, she was fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a member of the Society of Plant Morphology and Physiology twice president in 1904, and Mycologist Society, Torrey Botanical Club, Boston Mycological Club. Her studies were quickened and exalted by a passionate love of nature in its loftier forms. Especially dear to her was the mountain region of North Woodstock, N.H., her summer home. To those who knew her in those inspiring scenes, she seemed one with the genius of the place. Affectionate, gentle, trusting, brave of heart and blithe of spirit, she was in her life blessed by the devoted attachment of noble friends to whom her death brings lasting sorrow."
Clara Eaton Cummings was born in Plymouth in 1855 and graduated from the Normal School in 1872.
She was a member of one of Plymouth's prominent families and had kept up her childhood acquaintances here. >The Ashland Citizen, January 5, 1907, p4.
Clara's death date should be December 28, 1906; rather than December 26 per her gravestone on New Hampshire Death Records. Her birth date is July 13, 1855. She was the Hunnewell Professor of Cryptogamic Botany at Wellesley College. Thank you, Karen Tomecek.
The Boston Transcript says: "Professor Cummings has been, to a peculiar degree, identified with the history of the college which she so loyally served. Entering as a student in 1876, a year after the first opening of Wellesley, she at once showed so marked a talent for the study of botany, especially for the identification of cryptogramic flora, that she was retained as a permanent member of that department of study, bearing the title of curator of the museum 1878-79; instructor in botany 1879-86. After a period of study in Zurich, Miss Cummings returned to the college as associate professor of cryptogramic botany. In 1905 she became Hunnewell professor of botany with temporary charge of the department. In 1906 her title was changed to that of Hunnewell professor of cryptogramic botany in recognition or the closely specializes work in which she had reached distinction, and with the hope that freed from the burden of administrative cares she would gain strength for new enterprises in her chosen field. Her health, however, proved to be seriously impaired.
"Among the published works of Professor Cummings are Lichens of Alaska and Labrador, and also edited Decades of North American Lichens, and was associate of Plant World, she was fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a member of the Society of Plant Morphology and Physiology twice president in 1904, and Mycologist Society, Torrey Botanical Club, Boston Mycological Club. Her studies were quickened and exalted by a passionate love of nature in its loftier forms. Especially dear to her was the mountain region of North Woodstock, N.H., her summer home. To those who knew her in those inspiring scenes, she seemed one with the genius of the place. Affectionate, gentle, trusting, brave of heart and blithe of spirit, she was in her life blessed by the devoted attachment of noble friends to whom her death brings lasting sorrow."
Clara Eaton Cummings was born in Plymouth in 1855 and graduated from the Normal School in 1872.
She was a member of one of Plymouth's prominent families and had kept up her childhood acquaintances here. >The Ashland Citizen, January 5, 1907, p4.
Clara's death date should be December 28, 1906; rather than December 26 per her gravestone on New Hampshire Death Records. Her birth date is July 13, 1855. She was the Hunnewell Professor of Cryptogamic Botany at Wellesley College. Thank you, Karen Tomecek.
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