Herman Silas Pepoon
Herman Silas Pepoon (1860–1941), often known simply as H.S. Pepoon, was a prominent early botanist in the Chicago region. His 1927 Annotated Flora of the Chicago Region remains a classic of Chicago botany.[1]
Early life and education
Born in
On April 25, 1883, he married Alma Marie Wilcox. She died in 1893, and he remarried seven years later to Helen Sophia Foberg.[4]
Career
After receiving his MD, Pepoon initially practiced medicine, in Nebraska and in Lewistown, Illinois.[2] In 1892, however, he changed careers, choosing instead to teach at Chicago's Lake View High School,[5] where he became head instructor for botany and agriculture. Over the course of his time there, from 1892 to 1930, he taught more than 10,000 students.[5] He was also instrumental in the creation of Apple River Canyon State Park.[6]
Books
- Studies of Plant Life (1900) [1]
- Representative Plants (1912)
- An Annotated Flora of the Chicago Region (1927) [2]
- Essays on ecology 1904-1933 (published 2011) [3]
See also
References
- ^ Swink & Wilhelm 1994, p. 2.
- ^ a b c Cory Ritterbusch (2010-09-07). "H.S. Pepoon". Prairie Works, Inc. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
- OCLC 401762052. Retrieved 2013-05-25 – via Worldcat.
- ^ "Herman Silas Pepoon". The alumni record of the University of Illinois at Urbana. 1913. p. 282.
- ^ a b Greenberg 2010, p. 289.
- ^ Robert J. Klaus (2011-12-24). "H.S. Pepoon: Prophet & Polymath". Freeport Journal Standard. Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
Sources
- Greenberg, Joel (2010). Of Prairie, Woods, and Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing. University of Chicago Press.
- Swink, Floyd; Wilhelm, Gerould (1994). Plants of the Chicago region. Indiana Academy of Science. ISBN 1-883362-01-6.
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