Harriet George Barclay (31 August 1901 - 25 May 1990) was an American botanist, plant ecologist,[1] nature conservationist, and artist. The standard author abbreviation H.G.Barclay is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]
Barclay was a professor at the University of Tulsa.[3] She later became Chair of the Botany Department in 1953.[4]
She also taught at universities across America: Colorado,[5] Arkansas, Illinois, and North Carolina.[6]
Harriet George Barclay collected over 35,000[7] plants from 6 different continents,[8] including 15,000 different specimens from South America while conducting research there.[9]
She has over 2,000 specimens on record as identified or collected.[10][11]
Barclay was instrumental in getting the Nature Conservancy in Washington, D.C. to lease land to the University of Tulsa for Redbud Valley Nature Preserve - the first project of its kind in Oklahoma.[15][16]
"A trip has no value if you come home and forget it" - Harriet George Barclay.[24]