UD Botanic Gardens Presents "American Eden"
Join UDBG on Thursday, November 1 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the Townsend Hall Commons for a lively, illustrated lecture by Victoria Johnson featuring her acclaimed new book, American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic (Liveright/W.W. Norton, June 2018). The cost is $10 for UDBG Friends and $15 for nonmenbers. To register online, click here.
When Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on a dueling ground in July 1804, they chose the same attending physician: David Hosack. Family doctor and friend to both Hamilton and Burr, Hosack is today a shadowy figure at the edge of a famous duel, the great achievements of his life forgotten. But in 1801, on 20 acres of Manhattan farmland, Hosack founded the first botanical garden in the new nation, amassing a spectacular collection of medicinal, agricultural, and ornamental plants that brought him worldwide praise from the likes of Jefferson and Humboldt. Hosack used his pioneering institution to train the next generation of American doctors and naturalists and to conduct some of the first pharmaceutical research in the United States. Today, his former garden is home to Rockefeller Center.
Victoria Johnson is a writer and professor living in New York City. She holds a doctorate in sociology from Columbia University and an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Yale. She teaches at Hunter College of the City University of New on the history of philanthropy, the natural environment, and New York City. More information on Victoria and her book can be found at americaneden.org.
Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Townsend Hall, The Commons
Townsend Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
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