Sereno Watson

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Sereno Watson

Sereno Watson (born December 1, 1826 in East Windsor Hill , Connecticut , † March 9, 1892 in Cambridge (Massachusetts) ) was a North American botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " S.Watson ".

Life

Watson grew up on a Connecticut farm. After graduating from Yale University in 1847, he pursued various occupations. From 1866 to 1867 he studied chemistry and mineralogy at the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University. Then he went to California . He took part in Clarence King's expedition to geological exploration of the 40th parallel. After the expedition botanist William Whitman Bailey (1843-1914) failed due to illness, Watson was given his task; his botanical report was of high quality, although Watson had no study of botany. Asa Gray was so enthusiastic about Watson's work that he brought him to the Gray Herbarium as an assistant , where he was curator from 1874 until the year of his death in 1892 . In 1874 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1889 to the National Academy of Sciences .

Honors

After him, the plant genera are Serenoa Hook.f. from the family of the palm trees (Arecaceae) and Watsonamra Kuntze from the family of the red family (Rubiaceae).

Fonts (selection)

  • Botany . In: Report of the geological exploration of the 40th parallel made ... by Clarence King . 1871 (online) .
  • Contributions to American Botany . In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Volume 14, 1879, pp. 213-303 (online) .
  • Contributions to American Botany . In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Volume 22, 1887, pp. 396-481 (online) .
  • Contributions to American Botany . In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Volume 26, 1891, pp. 124-163 (online) .

literature

  • William H. Brewer: Biographical Memoir of Sereno Watson, 1820-1892 . November 17, 1903 (English, online [PDF; 1.6 MB ; accessed December 27, 2016] Speech to the National Academy of Sciences).
  • The President and Fellows of Harvard College: Watson, Sereno (1826-c. 1886). Papers of Sereno Watson, 1852-1885: A Guide . Ed .: Harvard University Library. June 10, 2016 (English, online [accessed December 27, 2016] Short biography and catalog raisonné at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Watson, Sereno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION North American botanist
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH East Windsor Hill , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1892
Place of death Cambridge, Massachusetts