Charles Frederick Millspaugh (June 20, 1854 – September 15, 1923) was an American botanist and physician, born at Ithaca, New York, and educated at Cornell and the New York Homeopathic Medical College. He received his medical degree in 1881 and practiced medicine in Binghamton, New York until 1890. From 1891 to 1892, he taught botany at West Virginia University.[1] In 1894 he was appointed as the newly established Field Museum of Natural History's first Curator of Botany, a position he held until his death. From 1897 to 1923 he was also professor of medical botany at the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College and lectured on botany at the University of Chicago. Millspaugh conducted explorations in the United States and Mexico, the West Indies, Brazil, and other parts of South America, and was the author of American Medical Plants (1887); Flora of West Virginia (1896); Contribution I-III to the Coastal and Plain Flora of Yucatan (1895-1898); "Flora of Santa Carolina Island" (1923); and many articles in scientific and popular journals. He was a skilled scientific illustrator and artist, producing the majority of the illustrations for his publications."[2]
Charles Frederick Millspaugh | |
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| Born | June 20, 1854 Ithaca, New York, US |
| Died | September 15, 1923 (aged 69) |
| Alma mater | Cornell University, New York Homeopathic Medical College |
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| Fields | Botany, Medicine, Illustrator |
| Institutions | West Virginia University, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Homeopathic Medical College, University of Chicago |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Millsp. |
The genera Millspaughia B.L.Rob. and Neomillspaughia S.F.Blake (Polygonaceae) were named in his honor.[3]
Bibliography
editBooks by and about Charles Frederick Millspaugh on WorldCat[4]
See also
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Notes
edit- ^ Sherff, E.E. (1924). "Charles Frederick Millspaugh". Botanical Gazette. 77 (April): 228–230. doi:10.1086/333303. JSTOR 2469990. S2CID 84592320. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ Sherff, E.E. (1924). "Charles Frederick Millspaugh". Botanical Gazette. 77 (April): 229. doi:10.1086/333303. JSTOR 2469990. S2CID 84592320. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ Plants, JSTOR. "Millspaugh, Charles Frederick (1854-1923)". JSTOR Global Plants. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ Results for 'Charles Frederick Millspaugh' (WorldCat.org) at www.worldcat.org
External links
edit- "American Medicinal Plants" by C.F. Millspaugh, 1887
- Publications by Charles Frederick Millspaugh at the Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Flora of West Virginia by C. F. Millspaugh, 1892, Hathi Trust Digital Library
- "Contributions to the Flora of the Yucatan" by C.F. Millspaugh
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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