# George Vasey

> George Vasey was an English-born American physician, botanist, and agrostologist. He practiced medicine in Illinois for nearly two decades before being appointed Chief Botanist at the United States Department of Agriculture in 1872, a position he held for the remainder of his life. In 1889 the Smithsonian Institution named him Honorary Curator of the United States National Herbarium, the crowning achievement of his career.

*American botanist (1822–1893)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1822-02-28
- **Died:** 1893-03-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [George Vasey](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vasey)
- [George Vasey](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vasey)
- [George Vasey (botanist)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vasey_(botanist))
- [George Vasey](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vasey)
- [George S. Vasey](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Vasey)
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- [Вэйси, Джордж](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8D%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6)
- [George Vasey](https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vasey)
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