Albert Kellogg
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Dr. Albert Kellogg was an American physician, northern California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 botanist, and one of seven founders in 1853 of the California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences
The California Academy of Sciences is among the largest museums of natural history in the world. The academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research, with exhibits and education becoming significant endeavors of the museum during the twentieth...

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California Academy of Sciences

One of his forward-thinking ideas was the inclusion of women in scientific and natural history
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...

 work, and two women who were later hired as curators at the California Academy of Sciences were Katherine Brandegee and Alice Eastwood
Alice Eastwood
Alice Eastwood was a Canadian American botanist. Born in Toronto, she moved to the United States at 14, and from age twenty to thirty, was a teacher in Denver, Colorado and taught herself botany. In 1890 she assumed a post in the herbarium at the California Academy of Sciences...

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West American Oaks

Dr. Albert Kellogg's specialty was the study of trees, and he published a book called "West American Oaks" with four hundred botanical drawings.
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