births
July 15, 1793
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps, American educator, author, editor (died 1884)

Almira Lincoln Phelps
Almira Lincoln Phelps was an American scientist, educator, author, and editor. Her botany writings influenced more early American women to be botanists, including Eunice Newton Foote and her daughter, Augusta Newton Foote Arnold. Though she primarily wrote regarding nature, she also was a writer of novels, essays, and memoir. The standard author abbreviation A.Phelps is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
July 15
July 15 is the 196th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 169 days remain until the end of the year.