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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Roland Thaxter (August 28, 1858 – April 22, 1932), the son of Celia Thaxter and Levi Thaxter, was an American mycologist. He was known for his work on the fungal grouping known as the Laboulbeniales, and published 21 papers on the subject. Thaxter served as editor of the journal Annals of Botany from 1907 to 1932. In 1921, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Celia Laighton Thaxter (June 29, 1835 – August 25, 1894) was an American writer of poetry and stories. She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.Thaxter grew up in the Isles of Shoals, first on White Island, where her father, Thomas Laighton, was a lighthouse keeper, and then on Smuttynose and Appledore Islands.