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Mary Cloyd Burnley Stifler

Mary Cloyd Burnley Stifler (7 November 1876 – August 1956) was a 20th century botanist with a specialization in mycology.

Mary Cloyd Burnley Stifler
Born
Mary Cloyd Burnley

November 7, 1876
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Died1956(1956-00-00) (aged 79–80)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWomen’s College of Baltimore
SpouseJames Madison Stifler
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsMycology, Chemistry

Early life and education

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Born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania[1] in 1876 to Charles W. and Sallie H. (Updegraff) Burnley, Cloyd Burnley was raised in Willamsport along with her sister, Lucy Burnley.[2] Cloyd Burnley's sister married Rev. James Madison Stifler, Jr, in 1900.[3] Lucy died in 1903, leaving behind two children: James Madison Stifler III and Francis M. Stifler.[3]

Cloyd Burnley attended Williamsport Dickinson Seminary (now Lycoming College). She graduated from Goucher College in 1897.[4][5] She continued as a graduate student at her alma mater before moving to Vassar College as an assistant.[6][7] She completed her Master's degree in chemistry at the Women's College of Baltimore in 1899 while continuing to teach chemistry at Vassar. In 1908 she returned to Bryn Mawr as a research fellow and stayed until 1909. She co-authored two publications with fellow Bryn Mawr professor EP Kohler before he moved to Harvard University in 1910.[8] While no record of Cloyd Burnley obtaining a doctorate exists, the State Microscopical Society of Illinois announced "Mrs. C.B. Stifler, Ph.D., will speak on little known "Flowerless Plants."[9] Cloyd Burnley's work in mycology comes mostly from her time as a resident of Evanston, Illinois, when her husband held an appointment at the University of Chicago from 1931 to 1940,[10] although a lack of records makes her position at the institution unclear. She served as the President of the Chicago Chapter of the Goucher College Alumnae Association.[11]

Career

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Though a chemist by training, Cloyd Burnley's interests and greatest impact were in the burgeoning field of mycology. Cloyd Burnley was the first to describe the Tuberaceae genus, a fungal genus containing truffles.[12]

In 1944, Cloyd Burnley gave a "rare and extensive collection" of fungal specimens to her alma mater, Goucher College. According to the Evening Sun, Cloyd Burnley's "special hobby is the collection, identification and study of the habits of representatives of fungi. In certain groups of the series Mrs. Stifler has become a recognized authority." Over 90 different fungal families were a part of the collection donated to the college.[13] Her samples were intended for use in teaching students about mycorrhiza.

Over 2,600 specimens attributed to Cloyd Burnley Stifler are housed at 13 different academic institutions.[14] Her samples come from locations in Illinois as well as Florida, where she and her husband retired in the 1940s. She collected, described, and illustrated not just fungi but slime molds[15] and mosses[16] as well.

Scientific publications

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  1. Stifler, Cloyd Burnley (1950) The use of the microscope in the study of mosses. Micro-Notes V (1): 22-28.[16]
  2. Stifler, Cloyd Burnley (1949) Myxomycetes, Mycetozoa, or Slime Molds . Micro-Notes IV (3): 52-65.[15]
  3. Stifler, Cloyd Burnley (1941) A new genus of Hypocreales. Mycologica 33(1): 82-86.[17]
  4. Stifler, Cloyd Burnley (1937) A new species of Tuberaceae for America. Mycologica 29(3): 325-326.[12]
  5. Kohler, E. P. and M. Cloyd Burnley (1910) Reaction between unsaturated compounds and organic magnesium compounds. XIII. Derivatives of cyclohexane. American Chemical Journal 43(5): 412-417.[18]
  6. Kohler, E. P., G. L. Heritage, M. C. Burnley (1910) The Friedel and Crafts reaction with chlorides of unsaturated acids. American Chemical Journal 44(1): 60-75.[18]
The standard author abbreviation Stifler is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[19]

Personal life

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Cloyd Burnley married her sister's widower in 1909.[20] Together, the couple had two children: Lucy and Cloyd.[21] Cloyd Burnley's husband, a graduate of Crozer Theological Seminary in Upland, Pennsylvania, was the Senior Minister at the First Baptist Church in Evanston, Illinois from 1909 - 1931.[22][23][24] The couple moved to Florida in 1942, where her husband died in 1949.[25][26] Cloyd Burnley died in 1956 at age 79 in Bradenton, Florida.[27]

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  1. The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium. http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/Collectors/Stifler_MCB.htm
  2. North Carolina Botanical Garden. https://ncbg.unc.edu/2020/10/22/mary-cloyd-burnley-stifler/

References

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  1. ^ Leonard, John William (1914). Woman's Who's Who of America: a Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915. American Commonwealth Company. p. 784.
  2. ^ "Mary Cloyd Burnley Stifler - North Carolina Botanical Garden". Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  3. ^ a b Jesup, Randall (2011). "Jesup / Stifler Family Tree". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Mary Cloyd Burnley Stifler - North Carolina Botanical Garden". Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  5. ^ Knipp, Anna Heubeck; Thomas, Thaddeus P. (Thaddeus Peter) (1938). The history of Goucher College. Goucher College. Baltimore, Md., Goucher College.
  6. ^ Bryn Mawr College Calendar. Haverford, Pennsylvania: Bryn Mawr College. 1911. p. 30.
  7. ^ Eleventh Annual Program of the Woman's College of Baltimore. Baltimore, MD, USA: The Lord Baltimore Press; The Friedenwald Company. 1899. p. 15.
  8. ^ Conant, James B. (1952). "Elmer Peter Kohler (1865-1938)" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences: 11.
  9. ^ "Microscopical Society". The Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois). 17 October 1941. p. 26. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  10. ^ "County Classroom Staff Hears Specialists Talk". The Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Florida). 17 January 1941. p. 2. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  11. ^ Twenty-Seventh Annual Catalogue of Goucher College, Baltimore. Baltimore, Maryland: Goucher College. 1915. p. 79.
  12. ^ a b Stifler, Cloyd Burnley (1937). "A New Species of Tuberaceae for America". Mycologia. 29 (3): 325–326. doi:10.2307/3754291. ISSN 0027-5514. JSTOR 3754291.
  13. ^ "Fungus Collection Given Goucher". The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland). 30 October 1944. p. 13. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  14. ^ "MyCoPortal Collections Search Results". mycoportal.org. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  15. ^ a b Burnley Stifler, Cloyd (1949). "Myxomycetes, Mycetozoa, or Slime Molds" (PDF). Micro-Notes Devoted to Microscopy. 4: 52–65 – via SMSI.org.
  16. ^ a b Burnley Stifler, Cloyd (1950). "The Use of the Microscope in the Study of Mosses" (PDF). Micro-Notes Devoted to Microscopy. 5: 22–28 – via SMSI.org.
  17. ^ Stifler, Cloyd Burnley (1941). "A New Genus of Hypocreales". Mycologia. 33 (1): 82–86. doi:10.2307/3754739. ISSN 0027-5514. JSTOR 3754739.
  18. ^ a b Conant, James B. (1952). "Elmer Peter Kohler (1865-1938)" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences: 24.
  19. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Stifler.
  20. ^ "Married". The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). 29 July 1909. p. 7. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  21. ^ Burnley59. "Burnley Family". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 16 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ "Historical Overview". Lake Street Church. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  23. ^ Blair, Leverett, and Stifler Family Papers, 1805-2006 (PDF). IHLC MS 973. Urbana, Illinois: Illinois History and Lincoln Collections, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  24. ^ "Descendant of Blair Family is Prominent". Altoona Mirror (Altoona, Pennsylvania). 2 June 1932. p. 20. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  25. ^ "Dr. Stifler Dies, Minister, Author". The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). 8 April 1949. p. 24. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  26. ^ "Dr. Stifler, 74, Minister, Dies at Home". The Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Florida). 7 April 1949. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  27. ^ "Death Notices". The Chicago Tribune. 24 August 1956. p. 49. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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