Caroline Coventry Haynes

Haynes was born on April 13, 1858 in New York to Caroline DeForest and her husband Frederick William Haynes.^[3][4] She completed her formal education at schools in New York and then travelled to Paris where she studied painting with William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Claude Monet.^[2] During the 1890s Haynes was a member of the New York Water Color Club and exhibited at several annual exhibitions.^[5] She also exhibited a work at the National Academy of Design Annual Exhibit in 1897.^[6] She was a member and served as president of the Woman's Art Club of New York in 1899.^[7] In the early 1900s she was appointed a member of the jury of selection for the New York Water Color Club annual exhibition and also served on the hanging committee.^[8] A painting by Haynes is held at the New-York Historical Society.^[9]

Haynes returned to New York from Paris in 1902 and studied botany with Marshall A. Howe at the New York Botanic Garden.^[10] Haynes was a strong supporter and contributor of the Sullivant Moss Society and The Bryologist botanical journal.^[11] She frequently gave aid in times of financial difficulties to the Society.^[11] Between 1908 and 1913 she issued the exsiccata series American Hepaticae. Prepared by Carolyn Coventry Haynes.^[12]

The standard author abbreviation Haynes is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[13]

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