Hall, Harvey Monroe, 1874-1932

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Hall and Abrams were both early California botanists. Hall wrote A YOSEMITE FLORA, San Francisco, Paul Elder & Co., 1912, in which the inscription and photo are found.

From the description of Inscription to Profesor Le Roy Abrams, together with photograph taken by Abrams of the Hall's camp in Yosemite, 1911-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863361

Eastwood's publication came out in 1902, resulting from fieldwork in 1899 and 1897.

From the description of Harvey Monroe Hall annotations in A FLORA OF THE SOUTH FORK OF KINGS RIVER by Alice Eastwood, no date. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865317

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Harvey Monroe Hall was born in Illinois on March 29, 1874 and brought up near Riverside, California. An early interest in nature led him to a career in botany, After graduation from the University of California in 1901, Hall received his Master of Science degree there in 1902 and Ph.D. in 1906.

In 1910 Hall married Carlotta Case, a 1905 graduate of the University of California and a collector of western ferns. Together they wrote A Yosemite Flora .

He was associated with the University of California from 1902-1919, serving successively as Assistant Botanist, University of California Agricultural Experiment states, 1902-1903; Instructor in Botany, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1903-1908; Assistant Professor of Economic Botany, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1908-1915; Associate Professor, 1915-1919.

In 1919 he became a staff member of the Carnegie Institution, Division of Plant Biology, at Stanford University, serving also as Professor of Botany, and as Honorary Curator of the Herbarium, University of California. These posts he retained until his death in Washington, D.C. in 1932.

From the guide to the Harvey Monroe Hall papers, 1859-1991, bulk 1896-1932, (The Bancroft Library)

Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Abrams, Le Roy, 1874-1956. person
associatedWith Babcock, E. B. (Ernest Brown), 1877-1954. person
associatedWith Babcock, E. B. (Ernest Brown), b. 1877 person
associatedWith Brandegee, Katharine Layne, 1844-1920. person
associatedWith Carnegie Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Clausen, Jens Christian, 1891- person
associatedWith Curry, David A. d. 1917. person
associatedWith Davidson, Anstruther, 1860-1932. person
associatedWith Dudley, William Russel, 1846-1911. person
associatedWith Eastwood, Alice, 1859-1953. person
associatedWith Hall, Ansel F. (Ansel Franklin), 1894-1962. person
associatedWith Hall, Carlotta Case, b. 1880 person
associatedWith Hall, Carlotta Case, b. 1880- person
associatedWith Hoffmann, Ralph 1870-1932. person
associatedWith Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932. person
associatedWith Jepson, Willis Linn, 1867-1946. person
associatedWith Keck, David Daniels, 1903- person
associatedWith Nelson, Aven, 1859-1952. person
associatedWith Niccolls, Martha Hall person
associatedWith Niccolls, Martha Hall person
associatedWith Online Archive of California. corporateBody
associatedWith Parish, S. B. (Samuel Bonsall), 1838-1928. person
associatedWith Paul Elder and Company. corporateBody
correspondedWith Provine, William B. person
associatedWith Spoehr, H. A. (Herman Augustus), 1885-1954. person
associatedWith Storer, Tracy Irwin, 1889- person
associatedWith Storer, Tracy Irwin, 1889- person
associatedWith Thomas, John Hunter, person
associatedWith Trelease, William, 1857-1945. person
associatedWith University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Botany corporateBody
associatedWith University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Botany. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
California--Kings River, South Fork
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
California--Yosemite National Park
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Botany
Botany
Botany
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Birth 1874

Death 1932

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