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9780972160001

Essays on William Chambers Coker, Passionate Botanist

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  • ISBN13:

    9780972160001

  • ISBN10:

    0972160000

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-09-30
  • Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr
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Summary

These biographical essays chronicle the many contributions of noted botanist William Chambers Coker (1872-1953) to his profession and to the state of North Carolina. The first professor of botany at the University of North Carolina, Coker founded the UNC Herbarium and the campus arboretum and edited the Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society for forty years.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations, xiii
Foreword, xv
Preface, xvii
Acknowledgments, xxi
Prologue: The Personality of William Chambers Coker, 1(14)
ONE The Student, Early Life, 15(14)
TWO The Mycologist, 29(12)
THREE The Field Botanist, 41(12)
FOUR Founder of the Herbarium, 53(16)
FIVE Champion of the Highlands Biological Station, 69(8)
SIX Founder of the Arboretum, Planner for the UNC Campus, 77(26)
SEVEN Landscape Designer, Extension Agent, 103(14)
EIGHT The Teacher and His Students, 117(20)
NINE Writer and Editor, 137(8)
Epilogue: The Legacy of William Chambers Coker, 145(10)
Appendix One: Publications of William Chambers Coker, 155(6)
Appendix Two: Plants Named for William Chambers Coker, 161(2)
Notes, 163(22)
Selected Bibliography, 185(4)
Index, 189

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