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'''George Bishop Sudworth''' (August 31, 1864 – May 10, 1927<ref>{{cite journal|title=George Bishop Sudworth|journal=The Michigan Alumnus|year=1927|volume=34|page=238|bibcode=1927Sci....66....6B|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ijiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA238|last1=Barnes|first1=Will C.|issue=1696|doi=10.1126/science.66.1696.6}}</ref>) was an [[Americans|American]] [[botanist]]. At the time of his death, he was the Chief [[Dendrologist]] of the [[United States Forest Service]].


==Biography==
'''George Bishop Sudworth''' ([[1864]]-[[1927]]) was an [[USA|American]] [[botanist]].
Born in [[Kingston, Wisconsin]], Sudworth graduated from the [[University of Michigan]] in 1885.<ref name=Cyclopaedia>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZToOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA195 |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |volume=XIV |publisher=James T. White & Company |page=195 |year=1910 |access-date=2020-12-15 |via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1885-1886 he was an instructor in botany at Michigan State Agricultural College and entered the Forestry Division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1886.<ref name="DCbio">{{cite journal|title=Sudworth, George Bishop|journal=District of Columbia: Concise Biographical Dictionary of Its Prominent and Representative Contemporary Citizens|year=1908|page=456|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vjRMAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA456}}</ref> During his life, Sudworth published several books, but his most famous is ''A Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States''.<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=2470597|title=Reviewed work: ''Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States, Their Names and Ranges'' by G. B. Sudworth|author=Fuller, G. D.|journal=Botanical Gazette|volume=84|issue=3|date=November 1927|page=332|doi=10.1086/333796}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Check list of the forest trees of the United States|series=Bulletin / Forestry Division ;no. 17|edition=1st|year=1898|publisher=Dept. of Agriculture, Forestry Division|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001494785|postscript=; 144 pages}}</ref> Other works include "The Pine Trees of the Rocky Mountain Region" which was illustrated by [[Annie E. Hoyle]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/People/WO_Staffs/Hoyle.aspx|title=Annie E. Hoyle - USFS History - Forest History Society|website=www.foresthistory.org|access-date=2016-11-10|archive-date=February 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203212042/http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/People/WO_Staffs/Hoyle.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Sudworth discovered many new species and varieties of North American trees.
The standard botanical author abbreviation '''Sudw.''' is applied to plants he named.

Sudworth was a founder of the [[Society of American Foresters]], and was also a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the [[Biological Society of Washington|Biological]] and Botanical Societies of Washington, and an honorary member of the Finnish forestry association, Finska Forstsamfundet.

He married Frances Gertrude Kingsbury on February 24, 1897, and they had one son.<ref name=Cyclopaedia/>

He died at his home in [[Washington D.C.]], on May 10, 1927.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65379376/george-sudworth-claimed-by-death/ |title=George Sudworth Claimed By Death |newspaper=[[Washington Star]] |page=4 |date=1927-05-10 |access-date=2020-12-15 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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==External links==
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*[http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/usfscoll/people/Sudworth/Sudworth.html Biography at Duke University website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120316122133/http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/People/Sudworth/Sudworth.aspx George Bishop Sudworth Biography] ([[Forest History Society]])


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Latest revision as of 22:14, 14 February 2024

George Bishop Sudworth
Born(1864-08-31)August 31, 1864
Kingston, Wisconsin
DiedMay 10, 1927(1927-05-10) (aged 62)
Washington D.C.
EducationUniversity of Michigan
OccupationBotanist
Spouse
Frances Gertrude Kingsbury
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​
(m. 1897)​
Signature

George Bishop Sudworth (August 31, 1864 – May 10, 1927[1]) was an American botanist. At the time of his death, he was the Chief Dendrologist of the United States Forest Service.

Biography[edit]

Born in Kingston, Wisconsin, Sudworth graduated from the University of Michigan in 1885.[2] In 1885-1886 he was an instructor in botany at Michigan State Agricultural College and entered the Forestry Division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1886.[3] During his life, Sudworth published several books, but his most famous is A Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States.[4][5] Other works include "The Pine Trees of the Rocky Mountain Region" which was illustrated by Annie E. Hoyle.[6]

Sudworth discovered many new species and varieties of North American trees.

Sudworth was a founder of the Society of American Foresters, and was also a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the Biological and Botanical Societies of Washington, and an honorary member of the Finnish forestry association, Finska Forstsamfundet.

He married Frances Gertrude Kingsbury on February 24, 1897, and they had one son.[2]

He died at his home in Washington D.C., on May 10, 1927.[7]

The standard author abbreviation Sudw. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Barnes, Will C. (1927). "George Bishop Sudworth". The Michigan Alumnus. 34 (1696): 238. Bibcode:1927Sci....66....6B. doi:10.1126/science.66.1696.6.
  2. ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XIV. James T. White & Company. 1910. p. 195. Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Sudworth, George Bishop". District of Columbia: Concise Biographical Dictionary of Its Prominent and Representative Contemporary Citizens: 456. 1908.
  4. ^ Fuller, G. D. (November 1927). "Reviewed work: Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States, Their Names and Ranges by G. B. Sudworth". Botanical Gazette. 84 (3): 332. doi:10.1086/333796. JSTOR 2470597.
  5. ^ Check list of the forest trees of the United States. Bulletin / Forestry Division ;no. 17 (1st ed.). Dept. of Agriculture, Forestry Division. 1898; 144 pages{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  6. ^ "Annie E. Hoyle - USFS History - Forest History Society". www.foresthistory.org. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  7. ^ "George Sudworth Claimed By Death". Washington Star. May 10, 1927. p. 4. Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Sudw.

External links[edit]

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