Theodore Christian Frye

Theodore Christian Frye (September 15, 1869, Washington, Illinois – April 5, 1962, Seattle) was an American botany professor and one of the world's leading experts on bryology.^[1]

Biography

Born on a farm near Washington, Illinois, Theodore C. Frye was the eldest of five boys in a family of ten children. He embarked on a teaching career even before he had completed his own high school degree.

Education

By age 22, Frye had completed all the entrance requirements for his matriculation at the

Frye became a prolific plant collector in the Pacific Northwest region.[2] They collected plants together and she became an expert on alpine rock plants. Theodore C. Frye also collected plants with Robert Fiske Griggs and published, with George Burton Rigg, a flora of the Northwest in 1912.^[2] From 1914 to 1930 Frye was the director of the University of Washington's marine station at Friday Harbor (which was called "Puget Sound Biological Station" from about 1917/1918 until 1930 and "Puget Sound Marine Station" before the U.S.A. entered WW I).^[5] When he was the director he was also on the editorial board of The Puget Sound Marine Station Publications from 1915 to 1917^[6] and The Puget Sound Biological Station Publications from 1918 to 1930.

Several species of

In June 1908 in Seattle he married Else Marie Anthon.[3] Frye and his wife spent the summers of 1939, 1940, and 1941 collecting in Mexico.^[2] They had several children.

Awards and honors

• 1908–1909 — President of the
  Sullivant Moss Society (now called the American Bryological and Lichenological Society
  )
• 1909 — Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science^[10]

In 1962, faculty, alumni, and friends of Hotson, Rigg, and Frye established the Frye-Hotson-Rigg Award to honour the former professors of Botany at the University of Washington. The award is given to undergraduate Biology students "conducting research using a plant, algae, or fungi system for work in botany, ecology, evolution, taxonomy, environmental science, or biodiversity."[1]

Eponyms

Genera

• Fryeella gardneri^[11]

Species

• Fauchea fryeana^[12]
• Internoretia fryeana^[13]
• Limbella fryei (synonym: Sciaromium fryei)^[14]

Selected publications

• Frye, Theodore C. (1903). "The embryo sac of Casuarina stricta". Botanical Gazette. 36 (2): 101–113.
  S2CID 83781749
  .
• Frye, Theodore C.; Blodgett, Eleanor B. (1905). "A contribution to the life history of Apocynum androsaemifolium". Botanical Gazette. 40 (1): 49–53.
  S2CID 84908475
  .
• Frye, T. C. (1908). A Key to the Families of Washington Plants. University of Washington.
• Frye, T. C. (1910). "The Polytrichaceæ of Western North America". Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 12: 271–328.
  JSTOR 24525378
  .
• Frye, T. C. (1910). "Height and dominance of the Douglas fir". Journal of Forestry. 8 (4): 465–470.
• Frye, Theodore C.; Jackson, Mabel McMurray (1914). The Ferns of Washington; reprinted from American Fern Journal, vols. 3 & 4, 1913 & 1914{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
• Frye, Theodore Christian; Rigg, George Burton (1914). Elementary Flora of the Northwest.^[15]
• Frye, T. C.; Rigg, G. B.; Crandall, W. C. (1915). "The Size of Kelps on the Pacific Coast of North America". Botanical Gazette. 60 (6): 473–482.
  S2CID 83826118
  .
• Frye, T. C. (1928). "Observations on the Age of a Few Bryophytes". The Bryologist. 31 (2): 25–29.
  JSTOR 3238820
  .
• Frye, Theodore C. (1934). Ferns of the Northwest. Metropolitan Press.^[16]
• Clark, Lois; Frye, T. C. (1936). "Some Hepaticae from California". The Bryologist. 39 (4): 91–94.
  JSTOR 3239307
  .
• Clark, Lois; Frye, T. C. (1937). "Extension of Ranges among Northwestern Hepaticae". The Bryologist. 40 (1): 13–16.
  JSTOR 3239066
  .
• Frye, Theodore C.; Clark, Lois. Hepaticae of North America. University of Washington publications in biology ;v. 6, no. 1-5. Vol. 5 volumes, 1937–1947. University of Washington.
• Clark, Lois; Frye, T. C. (1942). "Some Hepaticae of Alaska". The Bryologist. 45 (3): 63–71.
  JSTOR 3239570
  .
• Frye, T. C.; Clark, Lois (1946). "Attu Island Bryophytes Collected by Hardy". The Bryologist. 49 (2): 59–65.
  JSTOR 3239693
  .
• Mullen, Doris; Frye, T. C. (1947). "Middle and South American Species of Oligotrichum". The Bryologist. 50 (1): 67–79.
  JSTOR 3239587
  .
• Clark, Lois; Frye, T. C. (1948). "Attu Island Hepaticae Collected by Howard". The Bryologist. 51 (4): 252–255.
  JSTOR 3239169
  .
• Clark, Lois; Frye, T. C. (1949). "A Small Collection of Alaskan Hepaticae". The Bryologist. 52 (2): 58–61.
  JSTOR 3239703
  .

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