A fact from Charles E. Fairman appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 July 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Fairman's collections seem to be split between Cornell (cf. here, but I can't any more details) and NYBG (this paper is not so useful: only lists him within a list of collectors; it's not clear whether it got there via other herbaria, like Ellis'). Circéus (talk) 01:41, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the Cornell link, I added it. They also have a pic of him here, but I think I'd have to write them for permission to use it. Can't make that DOI work for me though, is there another link?
I don't think mentioning the NYBG with the info we have is warranted. He is merely listed as a collector, wih no connection made to his actual herbarium. As I mention above, they might just be specimens he sent to Ellis or the Garden, not his herbarium as such. Circéus (talk) 19:25, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
