Albert Spear Hitchcock
Albert Spear Hitchcock (born September 4, 1865 in Owosso , Michigan , † December 16, 1935 on the Atlantic Ocean ) was an American botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Hitchc. "
Life
Albert Spear Hitchcock graduated from Iowa State College , where he received three degrees. He then spent ten years as a professor of botany at the Kansas State Agricultural College . From 1901 to 1935 he was an agrostologist (grass scientist) of the United States National Herbarium . In 1925 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . On the way back from a research trip to various European herbariums , he died in 1935 on the Atlantic Ocean on board the City of Norfolk .
Honors
The plant genus Hitchcockella A. Camus from the sweet grass family (Poaceae) was named after him.
Works (selection)
- "A text-book of grasses". 1914
- "Manual of the grasses of the United States". 1935, 2nd edition 1951 (by Mary Agnes Chase).
- With Paul C. Standley: "Flora of the District of Columbia and vicinity". 1919.
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- Robert H. Mohlenbrock: Illinois Solanaceae in the Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium and Biographical Sketches of Some Collectors. In: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden , Volume 69, 1982. pp. 382-392.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
- ↑ Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 1953. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Albert Spear Hitchcock at the IPNI
- Entry in the Encyclopædia Britannica
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hitchcock, Albert Spear |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Owosso , Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1935 |
| Place of death | Atlantic Ocean |