George Lincoln Goodale
George Lincoln Goodale (born August 3, 1839 in Saco , Maine , † April 12, 1923 ) was an American botanist .
Life
Goodale studied at Amherst College with a degree in 1860 and medicine from Harvard Medical School with a degree in 1863. He then practiced as a doctor in Portland, Maine until 1867 . He was then professor of natural sciences and applied chemistry at Bowdoin College and from 1872 lecturer and 1873 assistant professor of plant physiology at Harvard University , where he was professor of botany in 1878 and, as a successor to Asa Gray Fisher, professor of natural sciences.
In 1879 he became the first director of the Botanical Museum at Harvard. In this role he made sure that special lifelike colored glass models of plants were made by the Bohemian glass artists Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, who are famous for their models of marine life . The expensive company, for which the Blaschka company worked for around 50 years (1887 to 1936, around 4000 models of 847 types), was financed by the mother of a former student (Mary Lee Ware) and the glass plant models are still in the museum today . In contrast to the models of marine animals, they were only made for Harvard University.
He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences , the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1889 he became president of the American Society of Naturalists and the American Association for the Advancement of Science .
Fonts
- Wild Flowers of North America, 1882
- Vegetable Physiology, 1885
- Vegetable Histology , 1885
- Useful Plants of the Future , 1891
- Concerning a Few Common Plants , 1879, 3rd edition 1903
Web links
- BL Robinson, Biographical Memoirs National Academy, 1927 (PDF; 1.9 MB; English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goodale, George Lincoln |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saco , Maine |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1923 |