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⚫ | Darrah was a fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], as well a member of [[Sigma Xi]] and the [[Botanical Society of America]].<ref name="obit">{{cite journal | title=William Culp Darrah 1909-1989 | author=Collins, Kathleen | journal=History of Photography | year=1989 | volume=13 | issue=4 | pages=383 | doi=10.1080/03087298.1989.10442498}}</ref> |
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'''William Culp Darrah''' (1909{{spnd}}1989) was an American professor of biology at [[Gettysburg College]] in Pennsylvania. He also had an interest in, and published several works on, 19th-century photography. |
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⚫ | Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, his was a specialist in [[paleobotany]]. Darrah was a fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], as well a member of [[Sigma Xi]] and the [[Botanical Society of America]].<ref name="obit">{{cite journal | title=William Culp Darrah 1909-1989 | author=Collins, Kathleen | journal=History of Photography | year=1989 | volume=13 | issue=4 | pages=383 | doi=10.1080/03087298.1989.10442498}}</ref> |
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He died in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. |
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===Biology=== |
===Biology=== |
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*Principles of paleobotany (1960) |
*''Principles of paleobotany'' (1960) |
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*Textbook of paleobotany (1939) |
*''Textbook of paleobotany'' (1939) |
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*A critical review of the upper Pennsylvanian floras of eastern United States with notes on the Mazon Creek flora of Illinois (1969) |
*''A critical review of the upper Pennsylvanian floras of eastern United States with notes on the Mazon Creek flora of Illinois'' (1969) |
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===Photography=== |
===Photography=== |
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*A check list of Maine photographers who issued stereographs (1967) |
*''A check list of Maine photographers who issued stereographs'' (1967) |
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*An Album of stereographs : or, Our country victorious and now a happy home : from the collections of William Culp Darrah and Richard Russack (1977) |
*''An Album of stereographs : or, Our country victorious and now a happy home : from the collections of William Culp Darrah and Richard Russack'' (1977) |
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*The world of stereographs (1977) |
*''The world of stereographs'' (1977) |
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*Cartes de visite in nin[e]teenth century photography (1981) |
*''Cartes de visite in nin[e]teenth century photography'' (1981) |
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Latest revision as of 00:37, 22 September 2022
William Culp Darrah (1909 – 1989) was an American professor of biology at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. He also had an interest in, and published several works on, 19th-century photography.
Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, his was a specialist in paleobotany. Darrah was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well a member of Sigma Xi and the Botanical Society of America.[1]
As an authority on the history of photography, he authored several books about 19th-century photo processes and photographers. As part of his interest in early photography, he assembled a collection of over 60,000 cartes-de-visite, which is now held at Penn State University.
He died in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Selected bibliography[edit]
Biology[edit]
- Principles of paleobotany (1960)
- Textbook of paleobotany (1939)
- A critical review of the upper Pennsylvanian floras of eastern United States with notes on the Mazon Creek flora of Illinois (1969)
Photography[edit]
- Stereo views, a history of stereographs in America and their collection (1964)
- A check list of Maine photographers who issued stereographs (1967)
- An Album of stereographs : or, Our country victorious and now a happy home : from the collections of William Culp Darrah and Richard Russack (1977)
- The world of stereographs (1977)
- Cartes de visite in nin[e]teenth century photography (1981)
References[edit]
- ^ Collins, Kathleen (1989). "William Culp Darrah 1909-1989". History of Photography. 13 (4): 383. doi:10.1080/03087298.1989.10442498.
External links[edit]
- Papers of William C. Darrah, MS-128 at Gettysburg College
- William C. Darrah collection of cartes-de-visite, 1860-1900 HCLA 1515 at Pennsylvania State University Libraries
Categories:
- 1909 births
- 1989 deaths
- Historians of photography
- Paleobotanists
- 20th-century American botanists
- Gettysburg College faculty
- Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- People from Reading, Pennsylvania
- 20th-century American historians
- American male non-fiction writers
- Historians from Pennsylvania
- 20th-century American male writers
- American botanist stubs
- American science historian stubs