Dorothy van Dyke Leake
Dorothy Lois Van Dyke Leake | |
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Born | Dorothy Van Dyke September 6, 1893 botanical illustrator , educator |
Spouse | Harold Henderson Leake |
Children | Two |
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Dorothy Van Dyke Leake (September 6, 1893 – July 23, 1990) was an American
Life and work
Dorothy Van Dyke was born in
In June 1919, she married Harold Henderson Leake after his return from deployment for service in World War I. They had met while both were studying at Drury College.[3] The couple moved to a 131-acre Missouri property that her father, Benjamin Van Dyke, had bought for them in 1920. Their property included the headwaters of Crane Creek, and it would become the focal point of the activities of the couple and their two children, Marcelotte and John.[2][3]
Leake served as head of named head of the chemistry and biology department from 1927 through 1933 at Monett Junior College.[3]
In about 1937, she began work on her PhD at the
Illustrations
An accomplished
Awards
Leake received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Drury College in 1982, and the Ellen Swallow Richards Award in 1985.[3] In 1989, Drury College awarded her an honorary doctorate degree.[2][3]
Works
- Leake, Dorothy Vandyke (1944). The Algae of Crystal Lake, Cleveland county, Oklahoma. OCLC 25842135. – PhD Dissertation
- Nelson, Ruth Ashton (1977). Handbook of Rocky Mountain plants. Skyland Pub. OCLC 3527913. - Illustrator
- Leake, Henderson; Leake, Dorothy (1981). Wildflowers of the Ozarks. Ozark Society Foundation. OCLC 7792707.
- Leake, Dorothy Van Dycke; Leake, John Benjamin; Roeder, Marcelotte Leake (1993). Desert and mountain plants of the Southwest. University of Oklahoma Press. OCLC 729642657.
References
- ISBN 9780826260161.
- ^ a b c d e "Dorothy Van Dyke Leake (1893–1990) | Missouri Encyclopedia". missouriencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Leake, Harold H. (1891–1978) and Dorothy V. (1893–1990), Papers, 1841–1990" (PDF). shsmo.org. The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2019.