Harry Norton Patterson
Harry Norton Patterson (February 15, 1853 – May 22, 1919) was an American printer (publishing), 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 and 1895, with his early trips focused on the Gore Range. In 1884, Patterson took control of the ''Spectator''. He often collaborated with botanists such as Michael Schuck Bebb, Cyrus Pringle, Edward Lee Greene, William Marriott Canby, and Asa Gray, and exchanged printed flora (publication), floras with his contemporaries. He also published works by other botanists ...
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Oquawka, Illinois
Oquawka is a village in Henderson County, Illinois, Henderson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,371 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Henderson County. Oquawka is part of the Burlington, Iowa, Burlington, Iowa, IA–IL Burlington micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Oquawka is located at (40.938880, -90.949044). According to the 2010 census, Oquawka has a total area of , of which (or 79.07%) is land and (or 20.93%) is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the censusProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010
United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2012-17-08 of 2010, there were 1,371 people, ...
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