Clarence McKenzie Lewis papers 1915-1991.

Wherry, Edgar Theodore, 1885-

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"Edgar Theodore Wherry was born on September 10, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After graduating from the Friends Central School in 1902, he received a scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry in 1906 and a Ph.D. in Geology-Mineralogy in 1909. "He taught for five years as an assistant professor in the Geological Department of Lehigh University. In 1913, he became the assistant curator of mineralogy at the U.S. ...

Von Schrenk, Hermann, 1873-1953

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Hermann von Schrenk was a United States Department of Agriculture employee; honorary plant pathologist for the Garden, 1908-1913; plant pathologist for the Garden, 1914-1953. From the description of Hermann von Schrenk family papers, 1879-1937. (Missouri Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 61772639 ...

New York Botanical Garden

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Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.

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Liberty Hyde Bailey was instrumental in separating Horticulture from Botany and establishing it as a distinct scientific pursuit. Born on a farm in Michigan in 1858, Liberty Hyde Bailey graduated from the Michigan Agricultural College with a degree in botany. After working with the renowned botanist Asa Gray at Harvard, he returned to Michigan to teach horticulture and landscape gardening. In 1888, he came to Cornell to build a new curriculum in practical and experimental horticulture. In 1904, ...

Robbins, William Jacob, 1890-

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William Jacob Robbins was a botanist and plant physiologist. From the description of Papers, 1898-1974. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122589265 William Jacob Robbins (1890-1978) was Director-in-Chief of The New York Botanical Garden from 1937-1958. He was a specialist in plant physiology and microbiology. Robbins studied Bryophyllum and Hedera helix; the nutritional requirements of filamentous fungi; as well as vitamin synthesis, growth and th...

Small, John Kunkel, 1869-1938

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John Kunkel Small (1869-1938), taxonomist, botanical explorer, author of 15 floras, 2057 genera, species and binomials, numerous field guides and more than 400 journal articles served the New York Botanical Garden from 1898 until his death in 1938. He was Curator of the Museums and Herbarium from 1898-1906, Head Curator from 1906-1934 and Chief Research Associate and Head Curator from 1934 until 1938. His early warnings on the ecology of Florida were the impetus for Everglades National Park. He ...

Lewis, Clarence McK. (Clarence McKenzie), 1876-1959

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Clarence McKenzie Lewis (1876-1959) was a trustee of the New York Botanical Garden and a collector of plants from around the world. His home Skylands, was named the official botanical garden of New Jersey. In 1953 he donated a collection of 1177 bound volumes, 439 unbound volumes and over 1000 periodicals and a like number of reprints and bulletins to the New York Botanical Garden Library. He graduated from Columbia with a degree in engineering but eventually went into investment banking. He bou...

Merrill, Elmer D. (Elmer Drew), 1876-1956

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Elmer Drew Merrill was born in East Auburn, Maine in 1876 and died in 1956. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Maine in 1898 and his master's in 1904. In 1902 he went to the Philippines where he remained for 21 years as professor of botany at the University of the Philippines and director of the Bureau of Science at Manila. He was a director of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard and administrator of the botanical collections there. Before coming to Harvard in 1935 he served as...

Maxon, William R. (William Ralph), 1877-1948

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William Ralph Maxon worked for the US National Museum in the field of botany, with areas of research interest including Pteridophytes, Spermatophytes. He was part of the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone (1911-1912). Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_288_pid_EACP285 ...