Charles Grafton Page (January 25, 1812 Salem, Mass. - May 5, 1868 Washington D.C.) doctor, chief examiner of the US Patent Office and inventor of electrotechnical equipment, amateur rose breeder.
[From
The Gardener's Monthly and Horticultural Advertiser, June 1868, p.184: ] Obituary—Prof. Page.—Among the deaths for the month, we are sorry to record that of Prof. Charles G.Page,of the Patent Office, Washington, an excellent amateur horticulturist. To our readers he is known by some excellent contributions to our earlier volumes; and as the raiser of that beautiful rose "America," he was at one time famous everywhere.
[From
Roll Call: The Old Rose Breeder, p. 386:]
C.G. PageWashington, D.C.
U.S.A.
