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David Stoughton Conant (June 17, 1949, Springfield, Vermont – June 27, 2018) was an American botanist, specializing in the systematics and genetics of tropical tree ferns.[1]


Biography


After graduating from Fall Mountain Regional High School, Conant matriculated at the University of New Hampshire. There he received in 1971[2] a Bachelor of Science degree in botany[1] and was mentored by Albion R. Hodgdon. At Harvard University, Conant graduated with a Ph.D. in botany. His doctoral dissertation was supervised by Rolla M. Tryon Jr.[3]

In 1976 Conant became a faculty member in the Science Department of Lyndon State College (which in 2018 became part of Northern Vermont University). In 2009 he retired from Lyndon State College and donated his personal herbarium of over 3,000 dried botanical specimens to the college.[4] He was the editor-in-chief of the journal Rhodora for a brief period in 1996.[5] He spent sabbatical years at Mount Holyoke College, Dartmouth College, and Duke University.[1]

As a professor at Lyndon State College, he taught a variety of different subjects, including botany, genetics, biochemistry, and systematic botany to name a few. Over his 32-year career, he was a recipient of multiple National Science Foundation Grants which enabled him to travel to New Guinea, Borneo, Australia, Central America, Venezuela, and the Caribbean to continue his passionate study of tree ferns. He named several species of tree ferns, including one which he named after his mother and one which he named after his wife.[1]

After retiring from Lyndon State College, Conant started a business doing excavation projects. Later in Barnet, Vermont, he concentrated on working with his wife on their property, where they cleared fields and built a network of roads through wooded areas.[1]

In 1979 he married Aminta Kitfield (honored by the botanical eponym Cyathea amintae). Upon his death he was survived by his widow, three daughters, and four grandchildren.[1]


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Selected publications


The standard author abbreviation D.S.Conant is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]

References


  1. "David Stoughton Conant - Obituary". Caldedonian Record. July 2, 2018.
  2. Barrington, David S.; Paris, Catherine A. (2018). "David S. Conant, 1949-2018". American Fern Journal. 108 (3): 112–116. doi:10.1640/0002-8444-108.3.112. ISSN 0002-8444. S2CID 92221325.
  3. McGrath, William E. (2012). "Albion Reed Hodgdon: A Life In Botany" (PDF). Rhodora. 114 (958): 163–201. doi:10.3119/11-13. S2CID 86617969.
  4. "Alan Boye and David Conant Retire from Lyndon State". vermontbiz.com. August 5, 2009.
  5. "In Memoriam: David S. Conant (1949 – 2018)". New England Botanical Club.
  6. "The Edgar T. Wherry Award". Botanical Society of America.
  7. "Alsophila conantiana Lehnert". Plants of the World online, Kewscience (science.kew.org).
  8. International Plant Names Index.  D.S.Conant.





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