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American botanist
Clair Alan Brown (August 16, 1903 - March 24, 1982) was an American
botanist who specialized in Louisiana flora.
[1] He was a
Louisiana State University faculty member from 1926 until his retirement in 1970.
[2]
Biography
Brown was born in
Port Allegany, Pennsylvania , to Charles Melvin and Jennie Burroughs Brown, one of four sons.
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[5] He earned his bachelor's degree
cum laude from
New York State College of Forestry in 1925 and his Master's in botany from the
University of Michigan in 1926.
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[2] He began working at
Louisiana State University (LSU) the following year before returning to the University of Michigan for his doctorate, which he completed in 1934.
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[2]
[6] His dissertation was titled Morphology and biology of some species of Odontia .
[7] He took up his position at LSU again and taught botany,
systematic botany , wood identification,
dendrology ,
forest pathology ,
ecology , and
palynology until his retirement in 1970.
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He held a number of leadership roles in international organizations throughout his career, including as president of the Southern Weed Control Conference in 1948;
[8] as a delegate to the
International Botanical Congress in 1950;
[6] and as president of the
American Fern Society in 1960.
[9] He was also appointed to the
International Committee on Palynology
[6] and was president of honor at the 78th
Société botanique de France .[
citation needed ] Among his awards were a
Guggenheim Fellowship in 1952,
[6] a
National Science Foundation fellowship in 1961,
[10] and an
Edmund Niles Huyck Fellowship .
[6] In 1973, he received a
Louisiana Literary Award for his illustrated anthology Wildflowers of Louisiana and Adjoining States.
[4]
Personal life
Brown married Maude Nichols on September 4, 1926[
citation needed ] and they had two daughters, Sarah and Dorcas.
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[12] Maude and nineteen-year-old Sarah died in a car accident in April 1962.
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[12]
Brown died on March 24, 1982, in Baton Rouge.
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Selected publications
The standard
author abbreviation C.A.Br. is used to indicate this person as the author when
citing a
botanical name .
[14]
With Donovan Stewart Correll (1908–1983) Ferns and Fern Allies Trees & Shrubs. 1942
Louisiana Trees & Shrubs. 1945
Vegetation of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. 1959
Palynological Techniques. 1960
Wildflowers of Louisiana & Adjoining States . Ed. Louisiana State University Press. 259 pp.
ISBN
0-8071-0780-8 , 1980
Sources
Allen G. Debus (dir.) (1968). World Who's Who in Science. To Biographical Dictionary of Remarkable Scientists from Antiquity to the Present. Marquis-Who's Who (Chicago) : xvi + 1855 pp.
References
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"Anthology of state's wildflowers" . The Town Talk . Alexandria, Louisiana, USA. January 21, 1973. p. 36. Retrieved November 9, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
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"Retiring LSU professor gets honor from national group" . The Daily Advertiser . Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. August 21, 1970. p. 8. Retrieved November 9, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
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"Charles M. Brown, Pt. Allegany, dies after long illness" . The Bradford Era . Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA. April 30, 1952. p. 5 – via newspapers.com.
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"Brown cited for book on wildflowers" . The Times . Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. March 31, 1973. p. 2. Retrieved November 9, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
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b Burgess, Robert L. (1996).
"American ecologists: A biographical bibliography" (PDF) . Huntia . 10 (1): 19.
PMID
11619260 . Retrieved November 9, 2022 .
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"Greatest array of horticultural talent here for convention talks" . Clarion-Ledger . Jackson, Mississippi, USA. May 3, 1959. p. 20. Retrieved November 9, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
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"Morphology and biology of some species of Odontia" . WorldCat. 1935. Retrieved November 9, 2022 .
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"News and Notes" . Science . 108 (2813): 610–614. 1948.
doi :
10.1126/science.108.2813.610 .
JSTOR
1676700 .
^ "American Fern Society". American Fern Journal . 50 (2): 209, 212. April 1960.
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"Wins fellowship" . The Times . Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. April 29, 1961. p. 19. Retrieved November 9, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
^ Wiggins, Ira L.; Wagner, Warren H.; McGregor, Ronald L.; Horr, W. H.; Duncan, Ellen S.; Faust, Mildred E.; Lommasson, R. C.; Luhr, Dorothea (January 1958).
"American Fern Society" . American Fern Journal . 48 (1): 62.
JSTOR
1544901 .
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"Rites conducted for victims of accident" . The Post-Standard . Syracuse, New York, USA. April 27, 1962. p. 33. Retrieved November 9, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
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"Easter vacation ends in tragedy for two women" . Daily World . Opelousas, Louisiana, USA. April 24, 1962. p. 1. Retrieved November 9, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
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International Plant Names Index .
C.A.Br .
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