Charles Dwight Marsh
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Charles Dwight Marsh (1855–1932) was an American botanist.[1]
Marsh graduated with A.B. from Amherst College in 1877 and with Ph.D. in Zoology and Botany from the University of Chicago in 1904.[2] Employed by the Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, he was in charge of field experiments on locoweed.[3] In 1912 from January 15 to February 16 he did field research for the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone, where he collected samples of the plankton in fresh waters.[4][5]
Selected publications[]
- The plankton of Lake Winnebago and Green Lake (1904)
- The loco-weed disease of the plains (1909)
- Stock-poisoning plants of the range (1924)
References[]
- ^ Oehser, Paul H. (6 August 1937). "Charles Dwight Marsh". Science. 86 (2223): 114–115. doi:10.1126/science.86.2223.114.
- ^ Alumni Directory of the University of Chicago, 1861–1906. 1906. p. 21.
- ^ "Checking the Ravages of "Loco"". Review of Reviews and World's Work. 40: 191–196. 1909.
- ^ "Completion of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 60 (30): 71–74. 1913.
- ^ The University of Chicago Magazine. vol. 4. 1912. p. 286.
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External links[]
- Works by Charles Dwight Marsh at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Charles Dwight Marsh at Internet Archive
Categories:
- 1855 births
- 1932 deaths
- American botanists
- Amherst College alumni
- University of Chicago alumni
- People from Massachusetts
- American botanist stubs