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Merritt Lyndon Fernald (October 5, 1873 – September 22, 1950) was an American botanist. He was a respected scholar of the taxonomy and phytogeography of the vascular plant flora of temperate eastern North America. During his career, Fernald published more than 850 scientific papers and wrote and edited the seventh[1] and eighth editions of Gray's Manual of Botany. Fernald coauthored the book Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America in 1919–1920 with Alfred Kinsey, which was published in 1943.[2]

Merritt Lyndon Fernald
Born(1873-10-05)October 5, 1873
Orono, Maine
DiedSeptember 22, 1950(1950-09-22) (aged 76)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsHarvard University
Doctoral studentsShirley Gale
Albion R. Hodgdon
Author abbrev. (botany)Fernald
Merritt Lyndon Fernald collecting Draba aurea near Rimouski, Quebec, 1905
Merritt Lyndon Fernald collecting Draba aurea near Rimouski, Quebec, 1905

Biography


Fernald was born in Orono, Maine. His parents were Mary Lovejoy Heywood and Merritt Caldwell Fernald, a college professor at the University of Maine. Fernald attended Orono High School, during which time he decided that he wanted to become a botanist. He collected plants around Orono and published two botanical papers while still attending high school. Fernald attended Maine State College for a year, but began working as an assistant at the Gray Herbarium at Harvard University when he was 17. He began studying at Harvard in 1891, graduated magna cum laude in 1897, and joined the faculty at Harvard, during which time he remained active at the Herbarium.

Fernald was awarded the 1940 Leidy Award from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.[3]

On April 15, 1907, Fernald married Margaret Howard Grant (1875-1957), in Providence, Rhode Island. She was the daughter of Henry Tyler Grant Jr. and Annie M. (Manton) Grant. They had three children: Katherine (1908-1986) Mary (1910-1927) and Henry Grant Fernald (1913-1982). The botanical artist Minna Fernald was a relative.[4]

The standard author abbreviation Fernald is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References



Citations


  1. Gray, Asa (1908) [1847]. Benjamin Lincoln Robinson and Merritt Lyndon Fernald (ed.). Gray's New Manual of Botany: A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (Seventh edition - Illustrated ed.). New York: American Book Company.
  2. Del Tredici, Peter. "The Other Kinsey Report", Natural History, ISSN 0028-0712, July 1, 2006, Vol. 115, Issue 6.
  3. "The Four Awards Bestowed by The Academy of Natural Sciences and Their Recipients". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 156 (1): 403–404. June 2007. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2007)156[403:TFABBT]2.0.CO;2.
  4. Laskow, Sarah. "Found: A Lost Painting Collection of Florida Wildflowers". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  5. International Plant Names Index.  Fernald.

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[de] Merritt Lyndon Fernald

Merritt Lyndon Fernald (* 5. Oktober 1873 in Orono, Maine; † 22. September 1950 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) war ein amerikanischer Botaniker. Er verbrachte seine gesamte akademische Karriere an der Harvard University. Sein Autorenkürzel lautet „.mw-parser-output .Person{font-variant:small-caps}Fernald“.
- [en] Merritt Lyndon Fernald

[ru] Фернальд, Мерритт Линдон

Мерритт Линдон Фернальд (англ. Merritt Lyndon Fernald, 5 октября 1873 — 22 сентября 1950) — американский ботаник.



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