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Albert LeRoy Andrews

January 01, 1970

Albert LeRoy Andrews (1878–1961) was a professor of Germanic philology and an avocational bryologist, known as "one of the world’s foremost bryologists and the American authority on Sphagnaceae."[3] From 1922 to 1923 he was the president of the Sullivant Moss Society, renamed in 1970 the American Bryological and Lichenological Society.

A. LeRoy Andrews
Born(1878-12-27)December 27, 1878
Williamstown, Massachusetts
DiedNovember 1, 1961(1961-11-01) (aged 82)
Ithaca, New York
Alma materWilliams College
Harvard University
University of Kiel
Known forThe Bryophyte Flora of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin, New York (1957)[1][2]
Scientific career
FieldsGermanic philology
Bryology
InstitutionsCornell University
Author abbrev. (botany)A.L.Andrews

Education and career edit

After graduating from secondary school in Williamstown, Andrews matriculated at Williams College. There he was a member of varsity teams in baseball and American football[4] and in 1899 received a bachelor's degree with a major in languages, although he was extremely interested in botany. At Williams College, he published a list of mosses and hepatics of the northwest corner of Massachusetts in the Mount Greylock region.[3] He taught non-English languages in Vermont from 1899 to 1901 at a preparatory school and in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania from 1901 to 1902 at a preparatory school, where he was also the assistant principal.[5] In 1902 he received a master's degree from Williams College for work done in absentia. At Harvard University he was a graduate student from 1902 to 1903 and became interested in the philology of the Germanic languages and how they are related to other Indo-European languages. After graduating in 1903 from Harvard with his M.A. degree, Andrews was an instructor in German from 1903 to 1904 at the University of West Virginia and from 1904 to 1905 at Dartmouth College. He then went to Europe and studied from 1905 to 1908 at universities in Berlin, Kiel, Copenhagen, and Oslo and received his doctorate in 1908 from the University of Kiel.[4]

At Cornell University, Andrews arrived in 1908 as a teaching fellow in German,[3] was appointed in 1909 an instructor in German and Scandinavian, in 1918 an assistant professor of German,[6] and in 1931 a professor of Germanic philology, retiring as professor emeritus in 1946. He was chair of Cornell's German department from 1924 to 1928.[4] From his arrival at Cornell in 1908, he made contacts in the botany department and started conducting field trips for students who wanted to study the nearby moss flora. Even after his formal retirement in 1946 he continued leading field trips (until May 1961) and adding to his extensive personal collection of bryophytes. In 1953 he was appointed honorary curator of the Wiegand Herbarium's bryophyte collection. Upon his death, his personal collection of over 50,000 mosses and hepatics was given to the Wiegand Herbarium,[3] which is now part of Cornell's L. H. Bailey Hortorium.[7] His botanical correspondents include Liberty Hyde Bailey, John Hendley Barnhart, Hugo Leander Blomquist, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Henry Shoemaker Conard, Howard Alvin Crum, Elias Durand, Alexander William Evans, William Gilson Farlow, Roxana Stinchfield Ferris, Abel Joel Grout, Olaf Hagerup, Elva Lawton, Leopold Loeske, William Ralph Maxon, Charles Frederick Millspaugh, Conrad Vernon Morton, Philip A. Munz, Harold Norman Moldenke, Geneva Sayre, Aaron John Sharp, Alexander Skutch, William Campbell Steere, Roland Thaxter,[5] Carl Friedrich Warnstorf,[8] Winona H. Welch, and many others.[5]

Andrews collected bryophytes not only in North America, but also in Greenland, Iceland, Sweden, and the UK. He was from 1938 to 1949 an associate editor for The Bryologist.[9]

His treatise on The Bryophyte Flora of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin, New York (Cornell Univ. Agr. Exper. Sta. Memoir 352, publ. Dec. 1957) has become a classic.[1]

He wrote the section Family 1. Sphagnaceae in part 1, volume 15 (1913) of the multi-volume series North American Flora published by the New York Botanical Garden.[10][3]

The bryologist Laura Briscoe[11] wrote in 2010:

Any student of Sphagnum is familiar with the existing North American treatments of the genus. There are only three complete floras of the genus in North America (Andrews 1913; Crum 1984; Warnstorf 1911) and several regional moss floras that treat Sphagnum.[12]

Andrews contributed definitive treatments of the families Bryaceae[13] and Mniaceae (both in volume 2) for the 3-volume work Moss Flora of North America North of Mexico edited by Abel Joel Grout.[3][14]

As a philologist Andrews contributed major articles on the Old Norse sagas Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks and Hrómundar saga Gripssonar and a series on the relationship of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt to the writings of Christian Molbech and others.[3]

Family edit

His parents Albert Barney and Abigail (née Lindley) Andrews were farm people. Their family name can be traced back to John and Mary Andrews, who in 1640 were among the earliest English settlers of Farmington, Connecticut.[4][15] Andrews married Olga Sophie Wunderli, and they had several children.[5][16]

The standard author abbreviation A.L.Andrews is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[17]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "A. Leroy Andrews (1878–1961)". Herbarium History, L. H. Bailey Hortorium Herbarium, Cornell University.
  2. ^ Andrews, A. L. (1957). The Bryophyte Flora of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin, New York. Memoir / Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station ;352. Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, New York State College of Agriculture.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Bishop, Morris G.; French, Walter H.; Kingsbury, John M. "Cornell University Faculty Memorial Statement. Albert LeRoy Andrews, December 27, 1878 — November 1, 1961" (PDF). eCommons, Cornell University Library.
  4. ^ a b c d Steere, William Campbell (1962). "Albert LeRoy Andrews, 1878-1961". The Bryologist. 65 (1): 25–37. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(1962)65[25:ALA]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3240967.
  5. ^ a b c d "Guide to the Albert LeRoy Andrews Correspondence, 1899–1964". Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
  6. ^ The Register of Cornell University 1918–1919. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University. January 1, 1919. p. 11.
  7. ^ "The Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Bryophyte Collections". Cornell University.
  8. ^ "Warnstorf, Carl". WorldCat Identities (worldcat.org).
  9. ^ "Andrews, Albert LeRoy". JSTOR Global Plants.
  10. ^ "Family 1. Sphagnaceae by Albert LeRoy Andrews". North American Flora. 1905. pp. 107 v.
  11. ^ "Laura Briscoe, The New York Botanical Garden" (PDF). bryology.org.
  12. ^ Briscoe, Laura R. E. (2010). "Review of Peat Mosses of the Southeastern United States by Lewis E. Anderson, A. Jonathan Shaw, & Blanka Shaw". Rhodora. 112 (952): 441–444. doi:10.3119/0035-4902-112.952.441. ISSN 0035-4902. S2CID 83515602.
  13. ^ "Geschichte der Bryologie in der Schweiz. Albert LeRoy Andrews". swissbryophytes.ch.
  14. ^ Grout, A. J. Moss Flora of North America North of Mexico. Vol. 3 vols., 1928–1940. The Author.
  15. ^ Genealogical history of John and Mary Andrews, who settled in Farmington, Conn., 1640: embracing their descendants to 1872. A. H. Andrews & co. 1872.
  16. ^ "Albert LeRoy Andrews". geni.com. 1878.
  17. ^ International Plant Names Index.  A.L.Andrews.

External links edit

  •   Data related to Albert LeRoy Andrews at Wikispecies
  • "Index of Botanists. Andrews, Albert LeRoy". Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries.

January 01, 1970
albert, leroy, andrews, 1878, 1961, professor, germanic, philology, avocational, bryologist, known, world, foremost, bryologists, american, authority, sphagnaceae, from, 1922, 1923, president, sullivant, moss, society, renamed, 1970, american, bryological, lic. Albert LeRoy Andrews 1878 1961 was a professor of Germanic philology and an avocational bryologist known as one of the world s foremost bryologists and the American authority on Sphagnaceae 3 From 1922 to 1923 he was the president of the Sullivant Moss Society renamed in 1970 the American Bryological and Lichenological Society A LeRoy AndrewsBorn 1878 12 27 December 27 1878Williamstown MassachusettsDiedNovember 1 1961 1961 11 01 aged 82 Ithaca New YorkAlma materWilliams CollegeHarvard UniversityUniversity of KielKnown forThe Bryophyte Flora of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin New York 1957 1 2 Scientific careerFieldsGermanic philologyBryologyInstitutionsCornell UniversityAuthor abbrev botany A L Andrews Contents 1 Education and career 2 Family 3 References 4 External linksEducation and career editAfter graduating from secondary school in Williamstown Andrews matriculated at Williams College There he was a member of varsity teams in baseball and American football 4 and in 1899 received a bachelor s degree with a major in languages although he was extremely interested in botany At Williams College he published a list of mosses and hepatics of the northwest corner of Massachusetts in the Mount Greylock region 3 He taught non English languages in Vermont from 1899 to 1901 at a preparatory school and in Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania from 1901 to 1902 at a preparatory school where he was also the assistant principal 5 In 1902 he received a master s degree from Williams College for work done in absentia At Harvard University he was a graduate student from 1902 to 1903 and became interested in the philology of the Germanic languages and how they are related to other Indo European languages After graduating in 1903 from Harvard with his M A degree Andrews was an instructor in German from 1903 to 1904 at the University of West Virginia and from 1904 to 1905 at Dartmouth College He then went to Europe and studied from 1905 to 1908 at universities in Berlin Kiel Copenhagen and Oslo and received his doctorate in 1908 from the University of Kiel 4 At Cornell University Andrews arrived in 1908 as a teaching fellow in German 3 was appointed in 1909 an instructor in German and Scandinavian in 1918 an assistant professor of German 6 and in 1931 a professor of Germanic philology retiring as professor emeritus in 1946 He was chair of Cornell s German department from 1924 to 1928 4 From his arrival at Cornell in 1908 he made contacts in the botany department and started conducting field trips for students who wanted to study the nearby moss flora Even after his formal retirement in 1946 he continued leading field trips until May 1961 and adding to his extensive personal collection of bryophytes In 1953 he was appointed honorary curator of the Wiegand Herbarium s bryophyte collection Upon his death his personal collection of over 50 000 mosses and hepatics was given to the Wiegand Herbarium 3 which is now part of Cornell s L H Bailey Hortorium 7 His botanical correspondents include Liberty Hyde Bailey John Hendley Barnhart Hugo Leander Blomquist Elizabeth Gertrude Britton Nathaniel Lord Britton Henry Shoemaker Conard Howard Alvin Crum Elias Durand Alexander William Evans William Gilson Farlow Roxana Stinchfield Ferris Abel Joel Grout Olaf Hagerup Elva Lawton Leopold Loeske William Ralph Maxon Charles Frederick Millspaugh Conrad Vernon Morton Philip A Munz Harold Norman Moldenke Geneva Sayre Aaron John Sharp Alexander Skutch William Campbell Steere Roland Thaxter 5 Carl Friedrich Warnstorf 8 Winona H Welch and many others 5 Andrews collected bryophytes not only in North America but also in Greenland Iceland Sweden and the UK He was from 1938 to 1949 an associate editor for The Bryologist 9 His treatise on The Bryophyte Flora of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin New York Cornell Univ Agr Exper Sta Memoir 352 publ Dec 1957 has become a classic 1 He wrote the section Family 1 Sphagnaceae in part 1 volume 15 1913 of the multi volume series North American Flora published by the New York Botanical Garden 10 3 The bryologist Laura Briscoe 11 wrote in 2010 Any student of Sphagnum is familiar with the existing North American treatments of the genus There are only three complete floras of the genus in North America Andrews 1913 Crum 1984 Warnstorf 1911 and several regional moss floras that treat Sphagnum 12 Andrews contributed definitive treatments of the families Bryaceae 13 and Mniaceae both in volume 2 for the 3 volume work Moss Flora of North America North of Mexico edited by Abel Joel Grout 3 14 As a philologist Andrews contributed major articles on the Old Norse sagas Hervarar saga ok Heidreks and Hromundar saga Gripssonar and a series on the relationship of Ibsen s Peer Gynt to the writings of Christian Molbech and others 3 Family editHis parents Albert Barney and Abigail nee Lindley Andrews were farm people Their family name can be traced back to John and Mary Andrews who in 1640 were among the earliest English settlers of Farmington Connecticut 4 15 Andrews married Olga Sophie Wunderli and they had several children 5 16 The standard author abbreviation A L Andrews is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 17 References edit a b A Leroy Andrews 1878 1961 Herbarium History L H Bailey Hortorium Herbarium Cornell University Andrews A L 1957 The Bryophyte Flora of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin New York Memoir Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station 352 Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station New York State College of Agriculture a b c d e f g Bishop Morris G French Walter H Kingsbury John M Cornell University Faculty Memorial Statement Albert LeRoy Andrews December 27 1878 November 1 1961 PDF eCommons Cornell University Library a b c d Steere William Campbell 1962 Albert LeRoy Andrews 1878 1961 The Bryologist 65 1 25 37 doi 10 1639 0007 2745 1962 65 25 ALA 2 0 CO 2 JSTOR 3240967 a b c d Guide to the Albert LeRoy Andrews Correspondence 1899 1964 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library The Register of Cornell University 1918 1919 Ithaca New York Cornell University January 1 1919 p 11 The Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Bryophyte Collections Cornell University Warnstorf Carl WorldCat Identities worldcat org Andrews Albert LeRoy JSTOR Global Plants Family 1 Sphagnaceae by Albert LeRoy Andrews North American Flora 1905 pp 107 v Laura Briscoe The New York Botanical Garden PDF bryology org Briscoe Laura R E 2010 Review of Peat Mosses of the Southeastern United States by Lewis E Anderson A Jonathan Shaw amp Blanka Shaw Rhodora 112 952 441 444 doi 10 3119 0035 4902 112 952 441 ISSN 0035 4902 S2CID 83515602 Geschichte der Bryologie in der Schweiz Albert LeRoy Andrews swissbryophytes ch Grout A J Moss Flora of North America North of Mexico Vol 3 vols 1928 1940 The Author Genealogical history of John and Mary Andrews who settled in Farmington Conn 1640 embracing their descendants to 1872 A H Andrews amp co 1872 Albert LeRoy Andrews geni com 1878 International Plant Names Index A L Andrews External links edit nbsp Data related to Albert LeRoy Andrews at Wikispecies Index of Botanists Andrews Albert LeRoy Harvard University Herbaria amp Libraries Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Albert LeRoy Andrews amp oldid 1184354343, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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