Julia F. Morton

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Julia Frances Morton (born April 25, 1912 as Julia Francis McHugh in Middlebury , Vermont , † September 10, 1996 in Miami , Florida ) was an American botanist . She is considered a worldwide authority in the field of poisonous plants .

Life

When Julia was 15 years old, her mother and sister died. Her brother, who lived in New York City, took her in. She worked for several years as a commercial artist and learned in that time the Canadians Kendal Paul Morton, whom she married.

Morton did not have a degree. In search of unknown plants, they carried out their research trips into the rainforests of Vietnam . Her interest lay in researching the various medicinal and nutritional uses of various plants. In this context, the Nursery Digest called her the “grande dame of economic botany”.

Their first work, 50 Tropical Fruits of Nassau , attracted the attention of Bowman Foster Ashe, President of the University of Miami , who offered the couple apprenticeships. She taught as a research professor of biology at the University of Miami, where she was in charge of Morton Collectanea, a research and information center on business botany. She and her husband started the collection in 1933. Her husband died in 1964. In 1973 she received a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) from Florida State University .

Julia F. Morton was a founding member of the Society for Economic Botany . In 1974 she became a member of the Linnean Society of London . She wrote 10 books and 94 scientific articles.

She last lived in Homestead , Florida, and died at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami from the aftermath of a car accident that she suffered on August 28, 1996.

Fonts

  • Fifty Tropical Fruits of Nassau. 1946.
  • 400 Plants of South Florida. 1949.
  • Some Useful and Ornamental Plants of the Caribbean Gardens. Botanical gardens, 1955.
  • The Mamey. Florida State Horticultural Society, 1962.
  • Exotic plants. 1973.
    • French: Plantes exotiques.
  • Herbs and Spices. New York: Golden Press, 1976.
    • German: herbs and spices. Delphin Verlag, 1978
  • Search for Carcinogenic Principles In: Tony Swain, Robert Kleiman (Eds.): The Resource Potential in Phytochemistry, Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, Volume 14 , 1980 ( Abstract )
  • Atlas of medicinal plants of Middle America: Bahamas to Yucatan. CC Thomas, Illinois 1981.
  • Wild plants for survival in south Florida. 1982.
  • Fruits of Warm Climates. 1987, ( online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Richard A. Howard: Whose protégé has been economic botany .
  2. ^ Horticulture and Landscape Architecture | Purdue University: About the Author
  3. ^ New York Times, September 14, 1996
personal data
SURNAME Morton, Julia F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McHugh, Julia Francis (maiden name); Morton, Julia Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American botanist
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Middlebury , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1996
Place of death Miami