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Cyrus G. (Cyrus Guernsey) Pringle
1838–1911
A tireless American botanist and plant collector, he spent decades documenting the flora of North America, especially Mexico. His fieldwork and enormous exchange of specimens helped shape major herbaria and left a lasting mark on botanical science.
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The Record of a Quaker Conscience, Cyrus Pringle's Diary With an Introduction by Rufus M. Jones
by Cyrus G. (Cyrus Guernsey) Pringle
About the author
Born in East Charlotte, Vermont, in 1838, Cyrus Guernsey Pringle became one of the most important plant collectors of his era. He was largely self-taught, and over a career that stretched for about 35 years, he cataloged plants across North America with a special focus on Mexico.
Pringle was known for both stamina and precision in the field. He gathered huge numbers of specimens, explored widely, and became respected as a botanical explorer whose work supported researchers far beyond his own lifetime. The University of Vermont identifies his collections as the foundation of the Pringle Herbarium, and notes that he exchanged more than 500,000 sheets with herbaria around the world.
He died in 1911, but his name remains familiar in botany through the standard author abbreviation "Pringle" and through the many plant records and type specimens tied to his work. He is remembered not just for how much he collected, but for how carefully he helped document the plant life of a continent.