Patterson was born on February 15, 1853. His father was Edwin H. N. "Sniktau" Patterson, the namesake of Mount Sniktau. He started his career as an apprentice to his grandfather, the publisher of the Oquawka Spectator newspaper. At the age of 19, he published his first botanical paper, which was a catalog of plants collected around his hometown of Oquawka, Illinois. Merritt Lyndon Fernald remarked on the thoroughness of this text. He began to study the flora of Colorado sporadically between 1880 and 1895, with his early trips focused on the Gore Range.[1]
harry, norton, patterson, february, 1853, 1919, american, printer, botanist, bornfebruary, 1853oquawka, illinoisdiedmay, 1919, 1919, aged, burlington, iowanationalityamericanscientific, careerfieldsbotanyauthor, abbrev, botany, patt, patterson, born, february,. Harry Norton Patterson February 15 1853 May 22 1919 was an American printer and botanist Harry Norton PattersonBornFebruary 15 1853Oquawka IllinoisDiedMay 22 1919 1919 05 22 aged 66 Burlington IowaNationalityAmericanScientific careerFieldsBotanyAuthor abbrev botany Patt Patterson was born on February 15 1853 His father was Edwin H N Sniktau Patterson the namesake of Mount Sniktau He started his career as an apprentice to his grandfather the publisher of the Oquawka Spectator newspaper At the age of 19 he published his first botanical paper which was a catalog of plants collected around his hometown of Oquawka Illinois Merritt Lyndon Fernald remarked on the thoroughness of this text He began to study the flora of Colorado sporadically between 1880 and 1895 with his early trips focused on the Gore Range 1 In 1884 Patterson took control of the Spectator He often collaborated with botanists such as Michael Schuck Bebb Cyrus Pringle Edward Lee Greene William Marriott Canby and Asa Gray and exchanged printed floras with his contemporaries He also published works by other botanists including John Donnell Smith s catalog of Guatemalan plants 1 His wife Florence Beaty also collected botanical specimens Legacy editStylisma pickeringii var pattersonii known as Patterson s bindweed is named for Patterson 2 Artemesia pattersonii Astragalus pattersonii Cryptantha pattersonii and Machaeranthera pattersonii were named for Patterson by Asa Gray Poa pattersonii was named for him by George Vasey 1 His personal herbarium is now housed at the Field Museum of Natural History 3 Select publications editPatterson Harry Norton 1874 A List of Plants Collected in the Vicinity of Oquawka Henderson County Ills Oquawka Spectator Print Patterson Harry Norton 1876 Catalogue of the Phaenogamous and Vascular Crytogamous Plants of Illinois Native and Introduced Spectator Print Patterson Harry Norton 1892 Patterson s Numbered Check list of North American Plants North of Mexico H N Patterson The standard author abbreviation Patt is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 4 References edit a b c Ewan Joseph 1950 Rocky Mountain Naturalists University of Denver Press Retrieved 21 April 2020 The Illinois Steward Illinois Stewardship Committee 2006 p 41 Retrieved 5 June 2020 Patterson Harry Norton 1853 1919 JSTOR Global Plants Retrieved 5 June 2020 International Plant Names Index Patt Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harry Norton Patterson amp oldid 1145950088, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
