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Wilfred Borden Schofield

March 01, 2024

Wilfred "Wilf" Borden Schofield (19 July 1927, Brooklyn Corner, Kings County, Nova Scotia – 5 November 2008) was a Canadian botanist, specializing in mosses and liverworts. He was considered by many "the foremost bryologist in Canada".[1]

Biography edit

Wilfred B. Schofield, who had two brothers and a sister,[2] grew up in Nova Scotia.[3] He received in 1950 a B.A. from Acadia University, where he was influenced by E. Chalmers Smith (1912–1992) and John S. Erskine (1900–1981).[1][4][5] In 1951 Schofield obtained a Class A teacher's license from Nova Scotia Normal College. From 1951 to 1954 he was a high school geology teacher in Nova Scotia. He became in 1954 a graduate student at Stanford University,[6] where he met Margaret "Peggy" Irene Bledsoe (1931–2005). In 1956 they both received their M.A.s (he in botany and she in music) and married in the autumn of that year.[7] After their honeymoon, the newlyweds moved to Nova Scotia, where Wilfred Schofield spent the winter teaching high school. The couple spent the summer of 1957 doing field work in the Yukon and then in the autumn moved to North Carolina, where he became a graduate student at Duke University. There he received his Ph.D. in 1960. His dissertation, written under the supervision of Henry J. Oosting, is entitled The Ecotone between Spruce Fir and Deciduous Forest in the Great Smoky Mountains.[6] In the botany department of the University of British Columbia (UBC), Schofield became in 1960 an instructor and was eventually promoted to full professor, retiring in 1993.[7]

Since 1948, Wilf published more than 100 scholarly works, focusing on bryophyte genera from Arnellia to Wijkia, including treatments of more than 20 genera for the Flora of North America. The foundation of his scholarly contributions was his intimate knowledge of bryophytes in the field, reflected in Beaty Museum’s collections. When he came to UBC, the bryophyte collection held about 3000 specimens; today it numbers over 260,000, contributed through his collections, exchanges, the work of his students and postdocs, and through the reputation he built for UBC’s collection.[3]

From 1967 to 1969 he was the president of the Sullivant Moss Society, which was renamed in 1970 the American Bryological and Lichenological Society. For his textbook Introduction to Bryology (Macmillan, 1985), the Canadian Botanical Association awarded him the George Lawson Medal for 1986.[7] In 1990 he was awarded an honorary D.Sc. by Acadia University.[8]

He collected plants not only in Canada and the mainland USA, but also in Australia, New Zealand,[9] Hawaii, Japan, and Taiwan.[7] He did most of his field work in British Columbia, especially Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands). In the last 15 years of his life, he spent summers collecting in the Aleutian Islands.[1]

His last collecting number was 128,619. It was a Bryum species collected from Umak Island, not long after the volcano erupted.[1]

Schofield was predeceased by his wife.[10] Upon his death he was survived by three daughters, and four grandchildren.[11]

Eponymy edit

Genera edit

Species edit

Selected publications edit

Articles edit

  • Steere, William C.; Schofield, Wilfred B. (1956). "Myuroclada, a Genus New to North America". The Bryologist. 59 (1): 1–5. doi:10.2307/3240281. ISSN 0007-2745. JSTOR 3240281.
  • Schofield, W. B. (1966). "Crumia, A New Genus of the Pottiaceae Endemic to Western North America". Canadian Journal of Botany. 44 (5): 609–614. doi:10.1139/b66-073.
  • Schofield, W. B. (1969). "Phytogeography of Northwestern North America: Bryophytes and Vascular Plants". Madroño. 20 (3): 155–207. JSTOR 41423659.
  • Schofield, W. B.; Crum, H. A. (1972). "Disjunctions in Bryophytes". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 59 (2): 174–202. doi:10.2307/2394752. JSTOR 2394752.
  • Schofield, W. B. (1981). "Ecological Significance of Morphological Characters in the Moss Gametophyte". The Bryologist. 84 (2): 149–165. doi:10.2307/3242819. JSTOR 3242819.
  • Asakawa, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Reiko; Schofield, W.B.; Rob Gradstein, S. (1982). "Cuparane- and isocuparane-type sesquiterpenoids in liverworts of the genus Herbertus". Phytochemistry. 21 (10): 2471–2473. Bibcode:1982PChem..21.2471A. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(82)85243-6.
  • Schofield, W. B. (1988). "Bryogeography and the bryophytic characterization of biogeoclimatic zones of British Columbia, Canada". Canadian Journal of Botany. 66 (12): 2673–2686. doi:10.1139/b88-362.
  • Ando, Hisatsugu; Seki, Tarow; Schofield, Wilfred B. (1989). "Generic Distinctness of Brotherella from Pylaisiadelpha (Musci)". The Bryologist. 92 (2): 209–215. doi:10.2307/3243947. JSTOR 3243947.
  • Tan, BC; Ramsey, HP; Schofield, WB (1996). "A contribution to Australian Sematophyllaceae (Bryopsida)". Australian Systematic Botany. 9 (3): 319. doi:10.1071/SB9960319.
  • Talbot, Stephen S.; Talbot, Sandra Looman; Thomson, John W.; Schofield, Wilfred B. (1997). "Lichens of Adak Island, Central Aleutian Islands, Alaska". The Bryologist. 100 (2): 241–250. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(1997)100[241:LOAICA]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3244058.
  • Talbot, Stephen S.; Talbot, Sandra Looman; Thomson, John W.; Schofield, Wilfred B. (2001). "Lichens from St. Matthew and St. Paul Islands, Bering Sea, Alaska". The Bryologist. 104: 47. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2001)104[0047:LFSMAS]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0007-2745. S2CID 85942002.
  • Ramsay, H. P.; Schofield, W. B.; Tan, B. C. (2002). "The family Sematophyllaceae (Bryopsida) in Australia. Part 1: Introduction, family data, key to genera and the genera Wijkia, Acanthorrynchium, Trismegistia and Sematophyllum". The Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 92: 1–50. doi:10.18968/jhbl.92.0_1.
  • Ramsay, H. P.; Schofield, W. B.; Tan, B. C. (2004). "The family Sematophyllaceae (Bryopsida) in Australia, Part 2. Acroporium, Clastobryum, Macrohymenium, Meiotheciella, Meiothecium, Papillidiopsis, Radulina, Rhaphidorrhynchium, Trichosteleum, and Warburgiella". The Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 95: 1–69. doi:10.18968/jhbl.95.0_1. 2004
  • Garbary, David J.; Miller, Anthony G.; Scrosati, Ricardo; Kim, Kwang-Young; Schofield, Wilfred B. (2008). "Distribution and salinity tolerance of intertidal mosses from Nova Scotian salt marshes". The Bryologist. 111 (2): 282. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2008)111[282:DASTOI]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0007-2745. S2CID 86330252.
  • Talbot, Stephen S.; Schofield, Wilfred B.; Talbot, Sandra L.; Daniëls, Fred J.A. (2010). "Vegetation of eastern Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This paper is one of a selection of papers published as part of the special Schofield Gedenkschrift". Botany. 88 (4): 366–388. doi:10.1139/B09-113.

Books edit

  • Schofield, W. B. (1992). Some Common Mosses of British Columbia (2nd ed.). Royal British Columbia Museum. ISBN 9780771891656. (1st edition, 1969)[7]
  • Schofield, W. B. (2001). Introduction to Bryology. Blackburn Press. ISBN 9781930665262.
  • Schofield, W. B. (2002). Field Guide to Liverwort Genera of Pacific North America. Global Forest Society. ISBN 9780295981949.
The standard author abbreviation W.B.Schofield is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[21]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Belland, René (February 25, 2009). "Wilfred Borden Schofield (1927–2008)". Botanical Electronic News (404).
  2. ^ "Obituary. Eric Schofield". Serenity Funeral Home, Cambridge Station, Kings County, Nova Scotia. 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Wilf Schofield (1927–2008)". Botany Department, University of British Columbia (botany.ubc.ca).
  4. ^ "Smith, Ernest Chalmers". JSTOR Global Plants.
  5. ^ Coleman, Ed (16 January 2017). "Little Known County Historians".
  6. ^ a b Harpel, Judith A. (2009). "Wilfred Borden Schofield (1927-2008)". The Bryologist. 112 (2): 257–267. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-112.2.257. JSTOR 20485801. S2CID 131016793.
  7. ^ a b c d e Belland, René J.; Crum, Howard (July 1997). "A tribute to W. B. Schofield on his 70th birthday". J. Hattori Bot. Lab. (82): 1–14; with contribution by Dale H. Vitt{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  8. ^ "Honorary Degrees". Acadia University.
  9. ^ "Schofield, Wilfred Borden". JSTOR Global Plants.
  10. ^ "Class Notes. In Memoriam". Rochester Review. University of Rochester. Summer 2005.
  11. ^ "Obituary. Dr. Wilfred Borden Schofield". Vancouver Sun. November 14, 2008.
  12. ^ "Schofieldia". The Plant List.
  13. ^ "Schofieldiellia". The Plant List.
  14. ^ "Andreaea schofieldiana". The Plant List.
  15. ^ "Chaetomitrium schofieldii". The Plant List.
  16. ^ "Ctenidium schofieldii". The Plant List.
  17. ^ "Cladonia schofieldii". Plants Database, USDA.
  18. ^ "Plagiochila schofieldiana". The Plant List.
  19. ^ "Sphagnum wilfii". The Plant List.
  20. ^ "Plagiothecium schofieldii, a new species from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska, USA)". PhytoKeys.
  21. ^ International Plant Names Index.  W.B.Schofield.

External links edit

  •   Data related to Wilfred Borden Schofield at Wikispecies
  • "Index of Botanists: Schofield, Wilfred Borden". Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries.

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Wilfred Wilf Borden Schofield 19 July 1927 Brooklyn Corner Kings County Nova Scotia 5 November 2008 was a Canadian botanist specializing in mosses and liverworts He was considered by many the foremost bryologist in Canada 1 Contents 1 Biography 2 Eponymy 2 1 Genera 2 2 Species 3 Selected publications 3 1 Articles 3 2 Books 4 References 5 External linksBiography editWilfred B Schofield who had two brothers and a sister 2 grew up in Nova Scotia 3 He received in 1950 a B A from Acadia University where he was influenced by E Chalmers Smith 1912 1992 and John S Erskine 1900 1981 1 4 5 In 1951 Schofield obtained a Class A teacher s license from Nova Scotia Normal College From 1951 to 1954 he was a high school geology teacher in Nova Scotia He became in 1954 a graduate student at Stanford University 6 where he met Margaret Peggy Irene Bledsoe 1931 2005 In 1956 they both received their M A s he in botany and she in music and married in the autumn of that year 7 After their honeymoon the newlyweds moved to Nova Scotia where Wilfred Schofield spent the winter teaching high school The couple spent the summer of 1957 doing field work in the Yukon and then in the autumn moved to North Carolina where he became a graduate student at Duke University There he received his Ph D in 1960 His dissertation written under the supervision of Henry J Oosting is entitled The Ecotone between Spruce Fir and Deciduous Forest in the Great Smoky Mountains 6 In the botany department of the University of British Columbia UBC Schofield became in 1960 an instructor and was eventually promoted to full professor retiring in 1993 7 Since 1948 Wilf published more than 100 scholarly works focusing on bryophyte genera from Arnellia to Wijkia including treatments of more than 20 genera for the Flora of North America The foundation of his scholarly contributions was his intimate knowledge of bryophytes in the field reflected in Beaty Museum s collections When he came to UBC the bryophyte collection held about 3000 specimens today it numbers over 260 000 contributed through his collections exchanges the work of his students and postdocs and through the reputation he built for UBC s collection 3 From 1967 to 1969 he was the president of the Sullivant Moss Society which was renamed in 1970 the American Bryological and Lichenological Society For his textbook Introduction to Bryology Macmillan 1985 the Canadian Botanical Association awarded him the George Lawson Medal for 1986 7 In 1990 he was awarded an honorary D Sc by Acadia University 8 He collected plants not only in Canada and the mainland USA but also in Australia New Zealand 9 Hawaii Japan and Taiwan 7 He did most of his field work in British Columbia especially Haida Gwaii formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands In the last 15 years of his life he spent summers collecting in the Aleutian Islands 1 His last collecting number was 128 619 It was a Bryum species collected from Umak Island not long after the volcano erupted 1 Schofield was predeceased by his wife 10 Upon his death he was survived by three daughters and four grandchildren 11 Eponymy editGenera edit Cephaloziaceae Schofieldia 12 Hylocomiaceae Schofieldiella 13 Species edit Andreaeaceae Andreaea schofieldiana B M Murray 14 Symphyodontaceae Chaetomitrium schofieldii B Tan amp H Rob 15 Hypnaceae Ctenidium schofieldii H Nishim 16 Cladoniaceae Cladonia schofieldii Ahti amp Brodo 17 Plagiochilaceae Plagiochila schofieldiana Inoue 18 Sphagnaceae Sphagnum wilfii H A Crum 19 Plagiotheciaceae Plagiothecium schofieldiiG J Wolski amp W R Buck 20 Selected publications editArticles edit Steere William C Schofield Wilfred B 1956 Myuroclada a Genus New to North America The Bryologist 59 1 1 5 doi 10 2307 3240281 ISSN 0007 2745 JSTOR 3240281 Schofield W B 1966 Crumia A New Genus of the Pottiaceae Endemic to Western North America Canadian Journal of Botany 44 5 609 614 doi 10 1139 b66 073 Schofield W B 1969 Phytogeography of Northwestern North America Bryophytes and Vascular Plants Madrono 20 3 155 207 JSTOR 41423659 Schofield W B Crum H A 1972 Disjunctions in Bryophytes Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 59 2 174 202 doi 10 2307 2394752 JSTOR 2394752 Schofield W B 1981 Ecological Significance of Morphological Characters in the Moss Gametophyte The Bryologist 84 2 149 165 doi 10 2307 3242819 JSTOR 3242819 Asakawa Yoshinori Matsuda Reiko Schofield W B Rob Gradstein S 1982 Cuparane and isocuparane type sesquiterpenoids in liverworts of the genus Herbertus Phytochemistry 21 10 2471 2473 Bibcode 1982PChem 21 2471A doi 10 1016 0031 9422 82 85243 6 Schofield W B 1988 Bryogeography and the bryophytic characterization of biogeoclimatic zones of British Columbia Canada Canadian Journal of Botany 66 12 2673 2686 doi 10 1139 b88 362 Ando Hisatsugu Seki Tarow Schofield Wilfred B 1989 Generic Distinctness of Brotherella from Pylaisiadelpha Musci The Bryologist 92 2 209 215 doi 10 2307 3243947 JSTOR 3243947 Tan BC Ramsey HP Schofield WB 1996 A contribution to Australian Sematophyllaceae Bryopsida Australian Systematic Botany 9 3 319 doi 10 1071 SB9960319 Talbot Stephen S Talbot Sandra Looman Thomson John W Schofield Wilfred B 1997 Lichens of Adak Island Central Aleutian Islands Alaska The Bryologist 100 2 241 250 doi 10 1639 0007 2745 1997 100 241 LOAICA 2 0 CO 2 JSTOR 3244058 Talbot Stephen S Talbot Sandra Looman Thomson John W Schofield Wilfred B 2001 Lichens from St Matthew and St Paul Islands Bering Sea Alaska The Bryologist 104 47 doi 10 1639 0007 2745 2001 104 0047 LFSMAS 2 0 CO 2 ISSN 0007 2745 S2CID 85942002 Ramsay H P Schofield W B Tan B C 2002 The family Sematophyllaceae Bryopsida in Australia Part 1 Introduction family data key to genera and the genera Wijkia Acanthorrynchium Trismegistia and Sematophyllum The Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 92 1 50 doi 10 18968 jhbl 92 0 1 Ramsay H P Schofield W B Tan B C 2004 The family Sematophyllaceae Bryopsida in Australia Part 2 Acroporium Clastobryum Macrohymenium Meiotheciella Meiothecium Papillidiopsis Radulina Rhaphidorrhynchium Trichosteleum and Warburgiella The Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 95 1 69 doi 10 18968 jhbl 95 0 1 2004 Garbary David J Miller Anthony G Scrosati Ricardo Kim Kwang Young Schofield Wilfred B 2008 Distribution and salinity tolerance of intertidal mosses from Nova Scotian salt marshes The Bryologist 111 2 282 doi 10 1639 0007 2745 2008 111 282 DASTOI 2 0 CO 2 ISSN 0007 2745 S2CID 86330252 Talbot Stephen S Schofield Wilfred B Talbot Sandra L Daniels Fred J A 2010 Vegetation of eastern Unalaska Island Aleutian Islands Alaska This paper is one of a selection of papers published as part of the special Schofield Gedenkschrift Botany 88 4 366 388 doi 10 1139 B09 113 Books edit Schofield W B 1992 Some Common Mosses of British Columbia 2nd ed Royal British Columbia Museum ISBN 9780771891656 1st edition 1969 7 Schofield W B 2001 Introduction to Bryology Blackburn Press ISBN 9781930665262 Schofield W B 2002 Field Guide to Liverwort Genera of Pacific North America Global Forest Society ISBN 9780295981949 The standard author abbreviation W B Schofield is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 21 References edit a b c d Belland Rene February 25 2009 Wilfred Borden Schofield 1927 2008 Botanical Electronic News 404 Obituary Eric Schofield Serenity Funeral Home Cambridge Station Kings County Nova Scotia 2008 a b Wilf Schofield 1927 2008 Botany Department University of British Columbia botany ubc ca Smith Ernest Chalmers JSTOR Global Plants Coleman Ed 16 January 2017 Little Known County Historians a b Harpel Judith A 2009 Wilfred Borden Schofield 1927 2008 The Bryologist 112 2 257 267 doi 10 1639 0007 2745 112 2 257 JSTOR 20485801 S2CID 131016793 a b c d e Belland Rene J Crum Howard July 1997 A tribute to W B Schofield on his 70th birthday J Hattori Bot Lab 82 1 14 with contribution by Dale H Vitt a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint postscript link Honorary Degrees Acadia University Schofield Wilfred Borden JSTOR Global Plants Class Notes In Memoriam Rochester Review University of Rochester Summer 2005 Obituary Dr Wilfred Borden Schofield Vancouver Sun November 14 2008 Schofieldia The Plant List Schofieldiellia The Plant List Andreaea schofieldiana The Plant List Chaetomitrium schofieldii The Plant List Ctenidium schofieldii The Plant List Cladonia schofieldii Plants Database USDA Plagiochila schofieldiana The Plant List Sphagnum wilfii The Plant List Plagiothecium schofieldii a new species from the Aleutian Islands Alaska USA PhytoKeys International Plant Names Index W B Schofield External links edit nbsp Data related to Wilfred Borden Schofield at Wikispecies Index of Botanists Schofield Wilfred Borden Harvard University Herbaria amp Libraries Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wilfred Borden Schofield amp oldid 1208978326, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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