William Alfred Weber
William Alfred Weber | |
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | November 16, 1918
Died | March 18, 2020 | (aged 101)
Alma mater | Iowa State (B.S. of Botany 1940, M.A. of Botany 1942) Washington State (PhD. 1946) |
Known for | collecting flowering plants, mosses, and lichens from every continent except Africa[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany Lichenology |
Institutions | University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorad Museum of Natural History |
Doctoral students | D. D. Awasthi |
Author abbrev. (botany) | W.A.Weber |
William Alfred Weber (November 16, 1918 – March 18, 2020) was an American botanist and lichenologist. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado at Boulder and former curator of the University of Colorado Museum Herbarium (Index Herbariorum designation COLO).
Biography[]
William Alfred Weber was born on November 16, 1918, and grew up in New York City.[2]
He earned his Master's in 1942 and PHD in 1945, both at Washington State University and began teaching at Colorado in 1946.[3][4][5] In 2018 he was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS).[6] He died on March 18, 2020 in Longmont, Colorado.[7]
Honors and awards[]
- 2018 Acharius Medal of the International Association for Lichenology [9]
- 2018 Elizabeth Britton Award for Lifetime Achievement in Bryology and the Chicita Culberson Award for Lifetime Achievement in Lichenology of the American Bryological and Lichenological Society.[10]
Lichens named by William A. Weber[]
- Anaptychia chondroidea (W.A.Weber & D.D.Awasthi) Kurok. =
- W.A.Weber
- W.A.Weber
- (Tuck.) W.A.Weber
- W.A.Weber = Rhizocarpon saurinum
- W.A.Weber
- W.A.Weber ex Arup
- (W.A.Weber) Hale = Tuckermanella coralligera
- W.A.Weber
- Cyphelium tigillare subsp. notarisii (Tul.) W.A.Weber = C. notarisii
- W.A.Weber & D.D.Awasthi
- (Ach.) W.A.Weber
- W.A.Weber
- (Räsänen) W.A.Weber
- Hubbsia lumbricoides W.A.Weber = H. californica
- Lasallia pustulata subsp. papulosa (Ach.) W.A.Weber = L. papulosa
- W.A.Weber
- Lecanora mellea W.A.Weber
- var. christoi (W.A.Weber) B.D.Ryan
- W.A.Weber
- Lecanora arizonica (Tuck. ex Willey) W.A.Weber = Omphalora arizonica
- Lecanora christoi W.A.Weber = L. phaedrophthalma var. christoi
- R. Anderson & W.A.Weber = Lecidella wulfenii
- (B. de Lesd.) W.A.Weber ex R.Anderson = Psora nipponica
- (Körber) W.A.Weber & Hertel = Lecanora oreinoides
- Lecidea texana W.A.Weber =
- Letharia vulpina (L.) Hue f. californica (Lév.) W.A.Weber = L. columbiana
- (W.A.Weber) H.Mayrh. & Sheard
- (R.Anderson & W.A.Weber) Essl.
- Parmelia chiricahuensis R. Anderson & W. A. Weber = Neofuscelia chiricahuensis
- Parmelia saximontana R.Anderson & W.A.Weber =
- W.A.Weber & J.W.Thomson
- W.A.Weber
- Psora texana W.A.Weber =
- (W.A.Weber) Bungartz
- (Nyl. ex Hasse) W.A.Weber
- (Tuck.) W.A.Weber
- (Hasse) W.A.Weber
- W.A.Weber = Mobergia calculiformis
- (Tuck.) W.A.Weber = Buellia mamillana
- (W.A.Weber) Essl.
- (W.A.Weber) W.A.Weber = Tuckermanella coralligera
- Xanthopsora Gotth. Schneider & W.A.Weber =
- Xanthopsora texana (W.A.Weber) Gotth. Schneider & W.A.Weber = Xanthopsorella texana
- (W.A.Weber) Kalb & Hafellner
Selected publications[]
- Weber, W. A. 1946. A taxonomic and cytological study of the Wyethia, family Compositae, with notes on the related genus Balsamorhiza. Amer. Midl. Nat. 35:400-452.
- Weber, W. A. 1950. Recent additions to the flora of Colorado. Univ. Colorado Stud., Ser. Biol. 1:46-50.
- Weber, W. A. 1958. Rediscovery of Neoparrya. Rhodora 60:265-271.
- Weber, W. A. 1959. Some features of the distribution of Arctic relicts at their austral limits. Proc. IX Internat. Bot. Congr. 2:425-426.
- Weber, W. A. 1962. Environmental modifications and the taxonomy of the crustose lichens. Sv. Bot. Tidskr. 56:293-333.
- Weber, W. A. 1963. Additions to the bryophyte flora of Colorado. Bryologist 66:192-200.
- Weber, W. A. 1967. A synopsis of the North American species of Cyphelium. Bryologist 70:197-203.
- Weber, W. A. 1976. Rocky Mountain Flora. 5th edition. Colorado Assoc., Univ. Press.
- Weber, W. A. and G. Argus. 1986. Salix lanata ssp. calcicola in Colorado. Madroño 33:148-149..
- Weber, W. A. 1987B. Colorado Flora: Western Slope. Colorado Assoc. Univ. Press.
- Weber, W. A. 1987. Noteworthy collections, Colorado. Bryum blindii BSG. Madroño 29:246.
- Weber, W. A. Lichenes Exsiccati distributed by the University of Colorado Museum, Fasc. 17-18, Nos. 641-700.
- Weber, W. A. (1997). King of Colorado Botany: Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890. Niwot, CO: Univ. Press of Colorado. ISBN 0-87081-431-1.
- Colbridge, J. N., and W. A. Weber. 1998. A Rocky Mountain Lichen Primer. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado.
References[]
- ^ Strain, Daniel (September 17, 2018). "Faculty in Focus: At 99, botanist's love of lichens still going strong". CU Boulder Today. University of Colorado Boulder.
- ^ "Weber, William Alfred - biography". www.anbg.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ "Impressions of the Linnaeus Apostles' Achievements". IK Foundation. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ^ Mary Jane Campbell, “Naturalist Weber Honored for Lifetime Achievement,” University of Colorado, October 30, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ Monograph Series - Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University. Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University. 1977.
- ^ Tripp, Erin A.; Hogan, Timothy M. (October 2018). "William A. Weber Receives ABLS Lifetime Achievement Awards". Evansia. 35 (3): 106–109. doi:10.1639/0747-9859-35.3.106. ISSN 0747-9859.
- ^ "Obituary – William A Weber – Official Website". Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ IPNI. W.A.Weber.
- ^ "Acharius Medallists". International Association for Lichenology. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Acharius Award and ABLS Lifetime Achievement Awards". Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- Curriculum Vitae at the University of Colorado
- North America check list of lichens
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 2020 deaths
- 20th-century American botanists
- American centenarians
- Men centenarians
- American taxonomists
- American lichenologists
- Taxa named by William Alfred Weber
- University of Colorado faculty
- Washington State University alumni
- Acharius Medal recipients