Edward W. Berry

Edward W. Berry

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name = Edward Wilber Berry


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birth_date = 1875
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death_date = 1945
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nationality = USA
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field = Paleontology
Botany
Paleobotany
work_institution = Johns Hopkins University
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prizes = Walker Prize (1901)
Mary Clark Thompson Medal (1944)
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Edward Wilber Berry (1875 - 1945) was an American paleontologist and botanist, the principal focus of his research was paleobotany. Berry studied North and South American flora and published taxonomic studies with theoretical reconstructions of paleoecology and phytogeography. He started his scientific career as an amateur scientist. At Johns Hopkins University he held various positions including teacher, research scientist, scientific editor and administrator.

Major Publications

* 1916. "The Lower Eocene Floras of Southeastern North America"
* 1924. "The Middle and Upper Eocene floras of Southeastern North America." U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 92

Major Expeditions

* 1919: co-leader, Johns Hopkins George H. Williams Memorial Expedition, Andes Mountains
* 1927: geological expedition to Peru and Ecuador
* 1933: geological expedition to Venezuela

Participation in Scientific Societies

* 1922: elected to the National Academy of Sciences
* 1924: president, Paleontological Society of America
* 1945: president, Geological Society of America

Distinctions

* 1901: awarded Walker Prize, Boston Society of Natural History
* 1930: awarded honorary doctorate by Lehigh University
* 1944: receives Mary Clark Thompson Medal from the National Academy of Sciences

References

External links

* [http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/chronob/BERR1875.htm Chrono-Biographical Sketches]

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