Arthur Whistler

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Wayne Arthur Whistler (born October 12, 1944 in San Bernardino County , † April 2, 2020 in Honolulu ), known as W. Arthur Whistler , was an American ethnobotanist who dealt primarily with the fauna and ethnobotany of the Pacific island world . Its botanical author abbreviation is " Whistler ".

Life

The Whistler, who grew up in southern California , first studied at the University of California, Riverside, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree . He then completed his master's degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara . From 1968 to 1970 he worked in the Peace Corps , during which time he taught biology. He then earned a doctorate from the University of Hawaii in 1979 . He then taught botany at this university. This was followed by a nine-year job as an ethnobotanist at the National Tropical Botanical Garden on Kauai . He then founded the consulting company Isle Botanica with which he carried out numerous projects in the South Seas. Whistler also worked as an adjuncted professor .

He discovered the tree species Aneilima vitiense in Samoa .

Whistler had visited Washington State during the developing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and fell ill on March 2, 2020. He returned to Hawaii on March 4th. Despite showing symptoms of a SARS-CoV-2 infection, he wasn't tested until March 7th. It was considered the second confirmed case of Corona in Hawaii. Whistler passed away in a hospital early in the morning on April 2. He was the first victim of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hawaii .

Publications

  • Arthur Whistler: Rainforest Trees of Samoa: A Guide to the Common Lowland and Foothill Forest Trees of the Samoan Archipelago , University of Hawaii Press
  • Arthur Whistler: Plants in Samoan Culture: The Ethnobotany of Samoa , University of Hawaiʻi Press
  • Arthur Whistler: The Samoan Rainforest: A Guide to the Vegetation of the Samoan Archipelago , University of Hawaii Press
  • Arthur Whistler: Samoan Herbal Medicine: 'O La'au ma Vai Fofo o Samoa , University of Hawaiʻi Press
  • Arthur Whistler: Wayside Plants of the Islands: A Guide to the Lowland Flora of the Pacific Islands , University of Hawaiʻi Press
  • Arthur Whistler: Polynesian Herbal Medicine , University of Hawaiʻi Press
  • Arthur Whistler: Flowers of the Pacific Island Seashore: A Guide to the Littoral Plants of Hawai'i, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Fiji, and Micronesia , University of Hawaiʻi Press
  • Arthur Whistler: Tongan Herbal Medicine , University of Hawaii Press

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ aneilima vitiense in the database of CIEER.org.
  2. ↑ Gabrielle Parmelee, Former UH adjunct professor dies from COVID-19 , communication from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa of April 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ Friends, family mourn well-known Hawaii scientist who died after contracting COVID-19 , Hawaii Now from April 3, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Whistler, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Whistler, Wayne Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ethnobotanist
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH San Bernardino County
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 2020
Place of death Honolulu