Joel Roberts Poinsett
Joel Roberts Poinsett (March 2, 1779–December 12, 1851) was a physician, botanist and American statesman. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives, the first United States Ambassador to Mexico, a U.S. Secretary of War under Martin Van Buren and a cofounder of National Institute for the Promotion of Science and the Useful Arts, (a predecessor of the Smithsonian Institution), as well as the namesake of Poinsett County, Arkansas and the poinsettia, a popular Christmas flower.
External links
- Handbook of Texas Online: POINSETT, JOEL ROBERTS
- Famous Americans: Joel Roberts Poinsett
- The History of the Poinsettia
- Joel Roberts Poinsett: The Man Behind The Flower
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