William Trelease, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Trelease

American entomologist

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1857

Place of Birth: Mount Vernon, New York, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1945

Profession: writer, zoologist, university teacher, botanist, entomologist, explorer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About William Trelease

  • William Trelease (February 22, 1857 – January 1, 1945) was an American botanist, entomologist, explorer, writer and educator.
  • This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Trel.
  • when citing a botanical name.Trelease was born in Mount Vernon, New York.
  • He graduated B.S.
  • from Cornell University in 1880.
  • He was instructor in botany at Harvard University 1880–81, instructor in botany at the University of Wisconsin 1881–83, and professor of botany there from 1883 to 1885.
  • He was also special lecturer in botany at Johns Hopkins University, and in charge of the summer school of botany at Harvard, during 1883–84.
  • He was Engelmann professor of botany at Washington University in St.
  • Louis from 1885 to 1913, and appointed director of the Missouri Botanical Garden from 1889 to 1912.
  • He was active in various municipal and professional academic associations: he was the first President of the Botanical Society of America in 1894, and served as President for a second time in 1918.
  • From 1913 to 1926 he was professor of botany and head of department at the University of Illinois.
  • Trelease Hall at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is named after William Trelease. Trelease was amongst the scientists on the two-month expedition to Alaska led by Edward Henry Harriman in 1899.
  • In 1932 he led a botanical expedition to the Canary Isles and Spain, and in 1933 an expedition to New Zealand.Trelease wrote many scientific articles and monographs.
  • His work on the Piperaceae of Northern South America, left unfinished at his death, was completed by his student Truman G.
  • Yuncker.
  • He also wrote several more popular botanical and gardening books, such as Plant materials of decorative gardening (1917) and Winter Botany (1918).

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