American printer, botanist and botanical collector (1853-1919).
Harry Norton Patterson (February 15, 1853 – May 22, 1919) was an American printer and botanist. Patterson was born on February 15, 1853. His father was Edwin H. N. "Sniktau" Patterson, the namesake of Mount Sniktau. He started his career as an apprentice to his grandfather, the publisher of the Oquawka Spectator newspaper. At the age of 19, he published his first botanical paper, which was a catalog of plants collected around his hometown of Oquawka, Illinois. Merritt Lyndon Fernald remarked on the thoroughness of this text. He began to study the flora of Colorado sporadically between 1880 an
Abbreviations: Patt.
Occupations: scientific collector, printer, meteorological observer, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United States
Dates: 1853-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Oquawka
Direct attributions: 1 plant, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 1 plant, 0 fungi