Louis Hermann Pammel
Louis Hermann Pammel | |
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Born | |
Died | March 23, 1931 | (aged 68)
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison Washington University in St. Louis |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | Iowa State University |
Notable students | George Washington Carver Ada Hayden |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Pammel[1] |
Louis Hermann Pammel (1862–1931) was an American botanist, conservationist, and professor of botany.[2][3]
Biography
Louis Hermann Pammel was the second of six children and the oldest son of his parents who were Prussian immigrants to Wisconsin. In 1885 he graduated with a bachelor's degree in agriculture from the
He was president of the Iowa Academy of Science in 1892–1893[5] and again in 1923–1924.[6][3]
A keen conservationist Pammel enjoyed outdoor recreation and was a prominent figure in the preservation of Iowa's natural parks. He served as president of the Iowa Park and Forestry Association (1905–1907) and of the Iowa State Board of Conservation (1918–1927), writing the Iowa Conservation Bill. Pammel is in part responsible for the designation of 36 state parks in Iowa and the "Pammel State Park" in Madison now bears testament to his dedication. Also an enthusiastic promoter of environmental education, he passed away while travelling to California where he and his wife of 43 years, Augusta Emmel, would spend the winter months. Leaving behind him five daughters and a son, his botanical legacy includes a herbarium of over 180,000 specimens which is housed in the herbarium of Iowa State College (ISC).[2]
Among Pammel's notable students are George Washington Carver[7] and Ada Hayden.[3]
Eponyms
- Melica subulata var. pammelii (Scribn.) C. L. Hitchc. (Pammel's oniongrass)[8]
- Hordeum pammelii Scribn. & Ball (a grass)
- Senecio pammelii Greenman (a composite)
Selected publications
- Pammel, Louis Hermann (1890). Cotton Root-rot.
- Flower Ecology. J.B. Hungerford. 1890.
- Pammel, Louis Hermann (1899). Anatomical characters of the seeds of Leguminosae: chiefly genera of Gray's Manual.
- with Julius Buel Weems, Carleton R. Ball, Frank Lamson-Scribner, and Harry Foster Bain: The Grasses of Iowa. Iowa Geological Survey bulletin no. 1. April 1901. (vol. 1, 1901; vol. 2, 1904)
- Pammel, Louis Hermann (1903). Some Weeds of Iowa.
- A Manual of Poisonous Plants. The Torch press. 1910.[9]
- Weeds of the Farm and Garden. 1911. Pammel, Louis Hermann (1912). 1912 edition.
- with collaboration from Charlotte M. King, John Nathan Martin, Jules Cool Cunningham, Ada Hayden, and Harriette Susan Kellogg: The Weed Flora of Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa Geological Survey. 1913.
References
- ^ "Author Details for Louis Hermann Pammel" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI).
- ^ a b c "Pammel, Louis Hermann (1862–1931)". JSTOR Global Plants.
- ^ a b c d e Pohl, Marjorie Conley (January 1985). "Louis H. Pammel: Pioneer Botanist - A Biography". Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science. 92 (1).
- ^ "Louis H Pammel". Iowa State University, University Library Online Exhibits.
- ^ Pammel, L. H. (1893). "The Address of the President — Bacteria, their Relation to Modern Medicine, the Arts and Industries". Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science. 1: 66–91.
- ^ Pammel, L.H. (1924). "The Address of the President — A Century of Botany in Iowa". Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science. 31 (1): 45–68.
- ISBN 9780826207852.
- ^ "Melica subulata pammelli (Pammel's oniongrass)". Plants Profile, United States Department of Agriculture.
- JSTOR 40595248.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Pammel.
External links
- Data related to Louis Hermann Pammel at Wikispecies