Frederick Horatio Billings

Frederick Horatio Billings , also in the spelling variants Frederick H. Billings , Frederic H. Billings , FH Billings , (born May 26, 1869 in Chicago , Illinois ; † July 29, 1964 in Glendale , Los Angeles County , California ) was a US American botanist , bacteriologist and university professor .

Life

Family and education

Born in Chicago, Frederick Horatio Billings, son of Horatio Gilbert Billings and his wife Emily Amelia Bowers Billings, graduated from California State Normal School, now San José State University , in 1890 . After studying biology with a focus on botany and bacteriology at Stanford University , he received his Bachelor of Arts there in 1896 , at Harvard University , where he acquired the academic degree of a Master of Arts in 1897 and at the Ludwig- Maximilian University in Munich to, there took place in 1901 his promotion to the Ph. D. Postgfraduake studies he pursued at the University of Wisconsin , at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the Harvard Medical School .

Frederick Horatio Billings married Louise Massey on August 15, 1893. The daughters Frances Augusta and Bertha Mae came from this relationship. The Mason , Past Commander of Knight Templar and Hight Priest of a Royal Arch Chapter , resided on High Drive in Laguna Beach , California. He died in Glendale in the summer of 1964 at the age of 96.

Professional background

After graduating in 1901, Frederick Horatio Billings was appointed Professor of Botany and Bacteriology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge , in 1907 he followed the call of the University of Kansas in Lawrence to an Associate Professorship of Botany and Bacteriology , and in 1913 he became Professor of Bacteriology promoted. In 1921 he changed to the position of Professor of Botany and Bacteriology at the University of Redlands , in 1940 he retired .

Frederick Horatio Billings, the author of many in-depth essays in his fields, was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and membership of the Sigma Xi and Alpha Epsilon Delta.

Publications

• Fungi corroding over starch and their relationship to. Amylotroqus. (Roze), in: Flora. Vol. LXXXVII., G. Fischer, Jena, 1900, p. 288 u. ff. with 2 panels.
• Contributions to the knowledge of seed development, dissertation , printed by V. Höfling, Munich, 1901
• Precursory Leaf Serrations of Ulmus ..., Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 1905
• Some Observations on the Motile Leaves of Erythrina Herbacea, in: Louisiana Gulf Biologic Station, Cameron .; Bulletin, Louisiana State Board of Agriculture and Immigration, Baton Rouge, 1909
• The Nutrition of the Embryo Sac and Embryo in Certain Labiatae, in: University of Kansas science bulletin, volume V, no. 5., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan., 1909
• The Chinch-bug Fungus, in: University press bulletin, volume I, no.40 ., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan., 1910
• with Benjamin Junior Clawson, Noble Pierce Sherwood: Laboratory Exercises in Bacteriology, World Company, Lawrence, Kan., 1927

literature

• Stanford University: Alumni Directory and Ten-year Book, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1910, p. 52.
• Jayhawker: a record of events of the University of Kansas for the year ..., Lawrence, Kan., 1913, p. 359.
• Builders of Our Nation, American Publishers' Association, Chicago, Ill., 1914, p. 66.
• Alberta Chamberlain Lawrence: Who's who Among North American Authors, volume IV, Golden syndicate Publishing Company, Los Angeles, 1930, p. 98.
• Who's who in the South and Southwest, a biographical dictionary of leading men and women of the Southern and Southwestern States, Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin, Chicago, Ill., 1947, p. 125.
• Who was who in America. Volume V: 1969-1973 with world notables , Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ, 1973, p. 60.
• William Dean Reese, Charles M. Allen: Mamou: Acadian Folklore, Natural History, and Botany of the Mamou Plant, Erythrina Herbacea L. (Fabaceae), Center for Louisiana Studies, Lafayette, LA, 2004, p. 46.

Web links

• Frederick Horatio Billings in the database of Find a Grave (English)