Stephen Conrad Stuntz | |
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Born |
Clarno, Wisconsin, United States | April 4, 1875
Died | February 2, 1918[1]
Vienna, Virginia, United States | (aged 42)
Other names | Stephen Conrad |
Spouse | Lena Greyson Fitzhugh [2] |
Children | Anne Fitzhugh Stuntz (1917-1995),
Elizabeth Bland Fitzhugh Stuntz (1912 - 1999), Stephen Conrad Stuntz Jr.(1913-1945), Laurance Fitzhugh Stuntz (1908-1993), [3] Mayo Sturdevant Stuntz (1915-2013). [4] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, bryology, agriculture, history. |
Stephen Conrad Stuntz (1875–1918) was an American botanist and fiction author.
Graduating with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1899, Stuntz worked as an assistant at the university library and herbarium until 1902. [5] [6] With Laurance Charles Burke, he produced the first newsletter for the UW‑Madison libraries called The Library Item in 1900. [7] From 1902 to 1908, he was a cataloguer with the Library of Congress, and from 1908 to 1910 he was a bibliographer with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Soils. [6] From 1910 until his death he was a botanist with the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introductions. [6] In June 1907, Stephen married Lena Greyson Fitzhugh, and together they had 5 children. [5] [8] He died of pneumonia in 1918. [9]
Under his pseudonym, Stephen Conrad, he wrote two humorous fiction works;
In the field of botany, Stuntz wrote multiple descriptions of species, primarily in the Inventory of seeds and plants imported by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the United States Department of Agriculture. [12] He also wrote:
Posthumously, he also published:
The standard author abbreviation Stuntz is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [16]
Stuntz's bryological collections are held at the University of Wisconsin Herbarium, [17] the New York Botanical Garden, the Field Museum of Natural History, the University of Michigan Herbarium, the University of Tennessee Bryophyte Herbarium, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and Harvard University Herbaria. [18] A smaller number of his vascular plant collections are held by the University of Wisconsin Herbarium, and outside of North America specimens are held by the National Herbarium of Victoria Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. [19] [20]
Stephen Conrad Stuntz | |
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Born |
Clarno, Wisconsin, United States | April 4, 1875
Died | February 2, 1918[1]
Vienna, Virginia, United States | (aged 42)
Other names | Stephen Conrad |
Spouse | Lena Greyson Fitzhugh [2] |
Children | Anne Fitzhugh Stuntz (1917-1995),
Elizabeth Bland Fitzhugh Stuntz (1912 - 1999), Stephen Conrad Stuntz Jr.(1913-1945), Laurance Fitzhugh Stuntz (1908-1993), [3] Mayo Sturdevant Stuntz (1915-2013). [4] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, bryology, agriculture, history. |
Stephen Conrad Stuntz (1875–1918) was an American botanist and fiction author.
Graduating with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1899, Stuntz worked as an assistant at the university library and herbarium until 1902. [5] [6] With Laurance Charles Burke, he produced the first newsletter for the UW‑Madison libraries called The Library Item in 1900. [7] From 1902 to 1908, he was a cataloguer with the Library of Congress, and from 1908 to 1910 he was a bibliographer with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Soils. [6] From 1910 until his death he was a botanist with the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introductions. [6] In June 1907, Stephen married Lena Greyson Fitzhugh, and together they had 5 children. [5] [8] He died of pneumonia in 1918. [9]
Under his pseudonym, Stephen Conrad, he wrote two humorous fiction works;
In the field of botany, Stuntz wrote multiple descriptions of species, primarily in the Inventory of seeds and plants imported by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the United States Department of Agriculture. [12] He also wrote:
Posthumously, he also published:
The standard author abbreviation Stuntz is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [16]
Stuntz's bryological collections are held at the University of Wisconsin Herbarium, [17] the New York Botanical Garden, the Field Museum of Natural History, the University of Michigan Herbarium, the University of Tennessee Bryophyte Herbarium, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and Harvard University Herbaria. [18] A smaller number of his vascular plant collections are held by the University of Wisconsin Herbarium, and outside of North America specimens are held by the National Herbarium of Victoria Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. [19] [20]