Bruce Fink
Bruce Fink | |
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Born | Blackberry, Illinois, U.S. | December 22, 1861
Died | July 10, 1927 | (aged 65)
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Illinois (BS, MS) Harvard University (MA) |
Occupation | Lichenologist |
Spouse | Ida May Hammond |
Children | 3 |
Bruce Fink (December 22, 1861 – July 10, 1927) was an American
Early life and education
Fink was born in
Career
Fink began his teaching profession at Upper Iowa University in 1892 as Professor of Botany. In 1903 he was recruited to become Professor of Botany at Grinnell College where he remained for three years.[9] In 1906, Fink accepted the call from Miami University to head up the Department of Botany. He remained at the University until his death in 1927.[6]
Fink's earliest research paper was published in 1896. The topic was "Pollination and Reproduction of Lycopersicum esculentum."[10] At this time, his interest in lichens began to take hold, leading him to author numerous research papers on the subject. Fink was a member of numerous scientific societies, including Iowa Academy of Science (president),[11] American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, and Botanical Society of America, among others, oftentimes assuming leadership positions.[12]
Fink was never one to shy away from controversy. He was an early champion of Schwendener’s proposal that lichens were actually dual organisms, consisting of both algae and fungi. It was a very unpopular thesis in America at that time. He went on to develop and advocate a classification scheme that positioned lichens amidst the fungi that he believed were parasitic on their algal component.[13]
He was an opponent of
Fink was not content to merely study lichen systematics and floristics, he was also absorbed with their ecology and physiology. His floristic studies are the ones for which the world now remembers him, especially his studies of Minnesota lichens[16] and his "Lichen Flora of the United States"[17] which was completed by his student Joyce Hedrick after his death. "Lichen Flora...", although difficult to exploit, is the only study for the United States that considers all lichen groups (1,578 species, varieties, and forms, belonging to 178 genera and 46 families).[18]
Personal life
Bruce Fink was married to Ida May Hammond and they had three children.[7]
Selected publications
- Fink, B. (1903). "Presidential Address – Two Centuries of North American Lichenology". Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science. 11 (1): 11–38.
- Fink, B. (1910). "The lichens of Minnesota". Contributions from the US National Herbarium. 14: 1–269.
- Fink, B. (1918). "The distribution of fungi in Puerto Rico". Mycologia. 10 (2): 58–61. JSTOR 3753226.
- Fink, B. (1918). "A new genus and species of the Collemaceae". Mycologia. 10 (5): 235–238. JSTOR 3753187.
- Fink, B. (1927). "New species of lichens from Porto Rico – I. Graphidaceae". Mycologia. 19 (4): 206–221. JSTOR 3753982.
See also
References
- ^ "Fink, Bruce 1861–1927". WorldCat Identities.
- ^ a b Petrak F. (1923). "Mykologische Notizen. VI". Annales Mycologici (in German). 21 (3–4): 182–335 (see pp. 306–7).
- ISSN 0037-8941.
- JSTOR 3753735.
- JSTOR 3753855.
- ^ JSTOR 3753797.
- ^ a b c Pammell LH. (1928). "Prominent men I have met: Dr. Bruce Fink". Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science. 35: 34–39.
- ^ a b "Fink, Bruce (1861-1927)". Natural History Museum. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ISSN 0006-8071.
- ^ Fink, Bruce (1896). Pollination and Reproduction of Lycopersicum esculentum. Minnesota Geological Survey.
- ^ "Presidents_1895-1925". Iowa Academy of Science. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- S2CID 178240935.
- JSTOR 3221751.
- ^ Fink, Bruce (January 1, 1915). Tobacco. Abingdon Press.
- ^ Fink, Bruce (1921). "Smoking and Scholarship Again". School and Society. 14: 87–89.
- ^ "Details - The lichens of Minnesota / - Biodiversity Heritage Library". www.biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ "Details - The lichen flora of the United States, by Bruce Fink ... completed for publication by Joyce Hedrick. - Biodiversity Heritage Library". www.biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ISBN 9780472751372.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Fink.