Antedating of "Ecology"

[Jonathan Lighter]

>and Oecology.

Either way, didn't see that one coming!

BTW, GB used to be a lot better about that. Hathi, never.

JL

On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
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> > ecology (OED 1876)=0A=
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> > 1875 _Academy_ 18 Sept. 309 (ProQuest)  Seeing that the scope of Botany=
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> Annual report - 1859 - Page 144=0A=
> years past anatomy has had precedence over physiology and Oecology.=0A=
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