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'''William Chambers Coker''' (October 24, 1872 – June 26, 1953) was an [[United States|American]] [[botany|botanist]] and [[mycology|mycologist]].
'''William Chambers Coker''' (October 24, 1872 – June 26, 1953) was an [[United States|American]] [[botany|botanist]] and [[mycology|mycologist]].

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William Chambers Coker

William Chambers Coker (October 24, 1872 – June 26, 1953) was an American botanist and mycologist.

Biography

He was born at Hartsville, South Carolina on October 24, 1872. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1894 and took postgraduate courses at Johns Hopkins University and in Germany. He taught for several years in the summer schools of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, at Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., and in 1902 became associate professor of botany at the University of North Carolina. He established the Coker Arboretum in 1903. He was made professor in 1907 and Kenan professor of botany in 1920. In 1903, he was chief of the botanic staff of the Bahama Expedition of the Geographical Society of Baltimore. Professor Coker was a member of many scientific societies and the author of The Plant Life of Hartsville, S. C. (1912); The Trees of North Carolina (with Henry Roland Totten) (1916); and The Saprolegniaceae of the United States (1921). Besides these he contributed numerous articles on morphology and botany to scientific journals. He died on June 26, 1953 and was buried on June 29, 1953.[1]

Species described

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The standard author abbreviation Coker is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

References

  1. ^ "William Chambers Coker". The Landmark. June 29, 1953. Funeral services were scheduled today for Dr. William Chambers Coker. 80, prominent botanist and member of the University of North Carolina teaching ... {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ a b Coker WC. (1918). "The Lactarias of North Carolina". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 34 (1): 1–62 (see p. 18).
  3. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Coker.


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