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'''George Bishop Sudworth''' (1864 |
'''George Bishop Sudworth''' (31 August 1864 – 1927) was an [[United States|American]] [[botanist]]. At the time of his death, he was the Chief [[Dendrologist]] of the [[United States Forest Service]]. |
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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|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/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|pages=332}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Check list of the forest trees of the United States|edition=1st|year=1898|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001494785|postscript=; 144 pages}}</ref> |
Born in [[Kingston, Wisconsin]], Sudworth graduated from the University of Michigan in 1885. 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=p. 456|url=http://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|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/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|pages=332}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Check list of the forest trees of the United States|edition=1st|year=1898|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001494785|postscript=; 144 pages}}</ref> |
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Sudworth discovered many new species and varieties of North American trees. |
Sudworth discovered many new species and varieties of North American trees. |
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Revision as of 21:35, 3 September 2015
George Bishop Sudworth (31 August 1864 – 1927) was an American botanist. At the time of his death, he was the Chief Dendrologist of the United States Forest Service.
Born in Kingston, Wisconsin, Sudworth graduated from the University of Michigan in 1885. 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.[1] During his life, Sudworth published several books, but his most famous is A Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States.[2][3]
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.
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- ^ "Sudworth, George Bishop". District of Columbia: Concise biographical dictionary of its prominent and representative contemporary citizens: p. 456. 1908.
{{cite journal}}:|page=has extra text (help) - ^ 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.
- ^ Check list of the forest trees of the United States (1st ed.). 1898; 144 pages
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ International Plant Names Index. Sudw.
External links
Works by or about George Bishop Sudworth at Wikisource- George Bishop Sudworth Biography (Forest History Society)
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