Charles Edwin Bessey

Charles Edwin Bessey
Charles Edwin Bessey

Charles Edwin Bessey
Born 1 May 1845
Milton, Ohio
Died 25 February 1915
Nationality American
Fields botanist
Institutions Iowa Agricultural College
Alma mater Michigan Agricultural College
Doctoral advisor Asa Gray
Known for Bessey system
Notable awards Nebraska Hall of Fame
Author abbreviation (botany) Bessey

Charles Edwin Bessey (1845–1915) was an American botanist.

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Biography

He was born at Milton, Wayne County, Ohio. He graduated in 1869 at the Michigan Agricultural College. Bessey also studied at Harvard University under Asa Gray, in 1872 and in 1875–76. He was professor of botany at the Iowa Agricultural College from 1870 to 1884. In 1884, he was appointed professor of botany at the University of Nebraska and became head dean there in 1909. He also served as Chancellor of the University of Nebraska from 1888 to 1891 and again from 1899 to 1900.[1] He served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1911.

Works

  • The Geography of Iowa (Cincinnati, 1878)
  • Botany for High Schools and Colleges (New York, 1880)
  • revision of McNab's Botany (1881)
  • The Essentials of Botany (1884)
  • Elementary Botany (1904)
  • Plant Migration Studies (1905)
  • Synopsis of Plant Phyla (1907)
  • Outlines of Plant Phyla (1909)
  • written with others, New Elementary Agriculture (ninth edition, 1911)

Legacy

His arrangement of flowering plants taxa, with focus on the evolutionary divergence of primitive forms, is considered by many as the system most likely to form the basis of a modern, comprehensive taxonomy of the plant kingdom.

In 2009 he was inducted to the Nebraska Hall of Fame.

Family

Bessey's son, Ernst Bessey was Professor of Mycology and Botany at Michigan State University.

See also

Further reading

References

  1. ^ RG05, Chancellor records, UNL Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved on July 10, 2009.
  2. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 

External links

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