William C. Steere
William Campbell Steere | |
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Born | |
Died | February 7, 1989 | (aged 81)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Children | William C. Steere Jr.
Lois Steere Beattie Alice Steere Coulombe |
Awards | Mary Soper Pope Memorial Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | Temple University University of Michigan Stanford University New York Botanical Garden |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Steere |
William Campbell Steere (1907–1989) was an American botanist known as an expert on bryophytes, especially arctic and tropical American species.[1][2] The standard author abbreviation Steere is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]
Early life
Steere was born November 4, 1907, in
Career
Steere continued to teach botany at the University of Michigan. His research was focused on
Steere, starting in 1950, spent eight years at
Legacy
Steere is commemorated in the names of the plant genera, mainly
He is the namesake of many species.[11]
The New York Botanical Garden bryophyte herbarium was named the William C. Steere Bryophyte Herbarium in 2000, and it contains over 600,000 specimens.[5] The Garden has also established the William Campbell Steere Fund to help bryologists who wish to visit their herbarium and library.[11]
Steere's son, William C. Steere Jr., was CEO of Pfizer from 1991 to 2001, and chairman of the board emeritus from 2001 to 2011. He also served as vice chairman of the New York Botanical Garden's Board.[12]
Awards
In 1970, Steere was the last recipient of the
Selected publications
- Steere, William C. 1935. The Mosses of Yucatán. Reprinted Lancaster Press, 14 pp.
- Steere, William C. 1946. Cenozoic and Mesozoic Bryophytes of North America. Ed. The University Press, 30 pp.
- Steere, William C. 1947. The Bryophyte Flora of Michigan, 24 pp.
- Steere, William C.; Anderson, Lewis E.; Bryan, Virginia S. 1954. Chromosome Studies on California Mosses. Vv. 20 & 24 from Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, 74 pp.
- Steere, William C. 1958. Fifty Years of Botany, ed. W.C. Steere & McGraw-Hill, 638 pp.
- Steere, William C. 1961. The Bryophytes of South Georgia. Reprinted, 25 pp.
- Steere, William C. 1964. Liverworts of Southern Michigan. Bull. 17: Cranbrook Institute of Sci. 97 pp.
- Steere, William C. 1976. Ecology, Phytogeography and Floristics of Arctic Alaskan Bryophytes. Reprinted Hattori Bot. Lab. 26 pp.
- Steere, William C. 1978. North American Muscology and Muscologists: A Brief History. The Botanical Review 43 (3): 1-59
- Steere, William C; Brassard, Guy R. 1978. Bryophytorum bibliotheca, Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes. Bryophytorum bibliotheca 14, ed. ilustr. by J. Cramer, 508 pp.
References
- ^ ISBN 9789031302246.
- JSTOR 1551654.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Steere.
- ^ a b c d "William Campbell Steere Records (RG4)".
- ^ a b "William C. Steere, Bryologist".
- JSTOR 3242430.
- ISBN 978-1-4615-6985-5.
- ^ "Steereochila Inoue". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Steereomitrium E.O.Campbell, 1987". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ a b c William Campbell Steere (1907-1989). (1989). The Bryologist, 92(3), 414-419. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3243414
- ^ "William and Lynda Steere".
- ^ "Cranbrook Institute of Science Director's Papers". Cranbrook website. Retrieved Dec. 27, 2016.
- ^ "Edit History: Steere, William Campbell (1907-1989)".
External links
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