Sereno Watson
Sereno Watson East Windsor Hill, Connecticut | |
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| Died | March 9, 1892 (aged 65) |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Occupation | Botanist |
| Known for | Gray Herbarium curator |
| Botanist author abbreviation | S.Watson |
Sereno Watson Gray Herbarium of Harvard University in 1873, he later became its curator, a position he maintained until his death.[1] Watson was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1874,[2] and a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1889.[3] He died March 9, 1892, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The standard author abbreviation S.Watson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
Works
- Botany, in Report of the geological exploration of the 40th parallel made ... by Clarence King, 1871
- Watson, Sereno (1879). "Revision of the North American Liliaceae: Descriptions of Some New Species of North American Plants". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. XIV: 213–312. JSTOR 25138538. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- Publications by and about S. Watson on WorldCat
References
- ISBN 978-0-801-83741-8.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ^ "Sereno Watson". Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. S.Watson.
External links
- Biographical sketch at the Gray Herbarium site
- Biographical memoir, National Academy of Sciences
- Obituary, page 441
- Portrait (plate VI) and obituary by John Merle Coulter (137–141)
- Sereno Watson at Find a Grave
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