- William Trelease
William Trelease (
February 22 ,1857 ,Mount Vernon, New York –January 1 ,1945 ) was a Americanbotanist ,entomologist ,explorer ,writer andeducator .Trelease graduated B.S. from
Cornell University in 1880. He was instructor in botany atHarvard University 1880-81, instructor in botany at theUniversity of Wisconsin 1881-83, and professor of botany there from 1883 to 1885. He was also special lecturer in botany atJohns Hopkins University , and in charge of the summer school of botany at Harvard, during 1883-84. He was Engelmann professor of botany atWashington University in St. Louis from 1885 to 1913, and appointed director of theMissouri Botanical Garden from 1889 to 1912. He was active in a large number of municipal and professional academic associations: [Cattell, J. Y., "Leaders in eucation", 1932] he was the first President of theBotanical Society of America in 1894, [ [http://www.botany.org/about_bsa/history.php A Brief History - Botanical Society of America ] ] and served as President for a second time in 1918. [ [http://www.botany.org/about_bsa/president.php Presidents of the Botanical Society of America ] ] From 1913 to 1926 he was professor of botany and head of department at theUniversity of Illinois .Trelease was amongst the scientists on the two-month expedition to Alaska led by
Edward Henry Harriman in 1899. [http://www.pbs.org/harriman/1899/1899_part/participanttrelease.htmlI] In 1932 he led a botanical expedition to theCanary Isles andSpain , and in 1933 an expedition toNew Zealand . ["American men of science", 5th ed. 1933]Trelease wrote a large number of scientific articles and monographs. His work on the
Piperaceae ofNorthern South America , left unfinished at his death, was completed by his studentTruman G. Yuncker . [ [http://library.nybg.org/finding_guide/archv/yuncker_ppf.html Guide to the Truman G. Yuncker Papers] at theNew York Botanical Garden ] He also wrote several more popular botanical and gardening books, such as "Plant materials of decorative gardening" (1917) and "Winter Botany" (1918).References
External links
*Louis Otto Kunkel, [http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/wtrelease.pdf "William Trelease, 1857-1945: A Biographical Memoir"]
* [http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM02560.html Guide to the William Trelease Papers, (ca. 1862-1945)] held atCornell University
* [http://www.library.uiuc.edu/archives/uasfa/1504022.pdf Guide to the William Trelease Papers, 1868-1945] held at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
* [http://www.mobot.org/mobot/archives/results.asp?pagenum=1&selectby=subject&phrase=Trelease%2C+William%2C+1857-1945 Photographs of Trelease] at the Missouri Botanical Garden
*worldcat id|lccn-n89-644464
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