John Mallory Bates
John Mallory Bates (born January 3, 1846 in Wallingford , Connecticut , † May 25, 1930 in Hastings , Nebraska ) was an American clergyman and botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Bates ".
Life
Bates studied at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut with a bachelor's degree in 1872 and a master's degree in 1875 and theology at Berkeley Divinity School in Middleton, Connecticut . From 1883 to 1886 he was headmaster and chaplain of Bethany College in Topeka , then moved to Valentine (Nebraska) and was from 1902 in Red Cloud (Nebraska) , where he was rector of Grace Church until 1920.
Bates himself published little on ornithology, but left his observations to others, for example Lawrence Bruner (Bruner: Some notes on Nebraska Birds 1896, Bruner, Walcott, Swenk: Birds of Nebraska 1904). He was a member of the American Ornithologists Union (1899) and a correspondent for the Biological Survey. In 1902 he was President of the Nebraska Ornithologists Union.
He is known for studying the plants and birds in Nebraska . Bates only dealt with botany from 1899 and especially with grasses with a view to agricultural applications (forage grasses).
He was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Nebraska Academy of Sciences.
Fonts
- On the Sedges of Nebraska 1914
Web links
- Global Plants, Jstor
- Obituary in The Auk, 1931, p. 162f (PDF; 255 kB; English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bates, John Mallory |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wallingford , Connecticut |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1930 |
| Place of death | Hastings , Nebraska |