Edward Strieby Steele (1850–1942) was an American botanist.[1]
Edward Strieby Steele | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 20, 1850 |
| Died | January 3, 1942 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | E.S.Steele |
Steele graduated from Oberlin College with a bachelor's degree in 1872 and a seminary degree in 1877. In 1889 he went to Washington, D.C., to work for the editorial staff of the Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia.[2] In Washington, D.C., on 28 January 1891 he married Grace Avery King (1848–1932). Mr. and Mrs. Steele were botanical co-collectors for many years.[3] Edward S. Steele worked for the U.S. federal government for twenty-seven years in "various capacities including a botanical clerk for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as an editorial assistant for the United States National Museum, Division of Plants, 1912–1918, and an assistant botanist."[2] He moved to Los Angeles in 1932 when his wife died. He and his niece, Helen Steele Pratt (1883–1965), were botanical co-collectors in Southern California and sent about 350 botanical specimens to the Oberlin herbarium.
Helen S. Pratt graduated from Oberlin College with an A.B. in 1906. She was a naturalist and nature teacher, credited as the main person responsible for California's adoption of the California quail as the state bird.[4][5] Edward S. Steele's father, James Steele, was involved in helping the Amistad captives return to Africa.
Eponyms
edit- Eutrochium steelei – discovered in 1990 by Eric E. Lamont and named in honor of Edward S. Steele[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Steele, Edward Strieby; Greene, Edward Lee; Eaton, Alvah A. (19 June 1901). "Sixth list of additions to the flora of Washington, DC and Vicinity". Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Washington. 14: 47–86.
- ^ a b "Steele, Edward Strieby, 1850–1942". Smithsonian Institution Archives.
- ^ "Steele, Edward Strieby (1850–1942)". Global Plants, JSTOR.
- ^ "Descanso Gardens Bird Observation Station". The Historical Marker Database.
- ^ "Helen Steele Pratt, Audubon Pioneer". Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society.
- ^ Lamont, Eric E. (1990). "Eupatorium steelei (Asteraceae), a new species from the southern Appalachian Mountains of eastern USA". Brittonia. 42 (4): 279–282. doi:10.2307/2806817. JSTOR 2806817. S2CID 37961328.
- ^ "Eutrochium steelei". Plants Database, USDA.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. E.S.Steele.