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### Author
Andrews, Albert Le Roy (1878-1961), American bryologist and philologist, studied at Williams College at Williamstown, Mass., grad. 1899, M.A. 1902; teacher in preparatory schools in Vermont and Pennsylvania 1899-1902; at Harvard 1902-1903 studying Indo-European languages, M.A. Harvard 1903, instructor in German at the University of West Virginia 1903-1904, Dartmouth College 1904-1905, studied in Europe (Berlin, Kiel, Copenhagen, Christiania \[Oslo\]), Ph.D. Kiel 1908; instructor in German and Scandinavian langauges at Cornell University 1909, asst. professor 1919, professor of Germanic philology 1931, chairman of the German Department 1924-1928, professor emeritus 1946, spare-time bryologist, associate editor of the Bryologist 1938-1949, section editor for bryophytes for Biological Abstracts 1927-1961.
**Abbreviated name**: *A.L. Andr.* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.L.Andrews*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection CU|CU]]. – Further material at [[Collection NY|NY]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 61 (b. 27 Dec 1878, d. 1 Nov 1961); IH 1 (ed. 6): 355, 2: 37; Roon p. 11; SBC p. 115.
#### Biofile
- Barnhart, J.H., J. New York Bot. Gard. 12: 117-118. 1911 (curr. vit.).
- Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 94. 1969.
- Reid, A.M.M., Occ. Pap. Farlow Herb. 19: 5-7. 1987 (curr. vit.).
- Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 5. 1969 (exsicc.); Bryologist 80(7): 503. 1977 (main coll. CU).
- Schuster, R.M., Hep. Anthoc. N. Amer. 1: 13-14. 1966 (bibl. hepat. publ.).
- Steere, W.C., The Bryologist 65(1): 25-37. 1962 (obit., bibl., portr.); Bot. Rev. 43: 287, 329-330. 1977.
#### Note
The numerous bryological publications are usually mentioned, with short notes, in the *Revue bryologique* from 1902 and its successor *Revue bryologique et lichénoidgique*.
#### Thesis
Halfs Saga ok Hálfsrekka, Einleiting, Inaugural dissertation, Univ. Kiel, Halle (Erhardt Karras) 1908, 68 p. (philology), full text Halle (Max Niemayer) 1909, 141 p.
#### Composite works
- (1) Class Musci, Order *Sphagnales*, fam. 1. *Sphagnaceae*, 1. *Sphagnum*, North Amer. Fl. 15(1): 1-31. 14 Jun 1913.
- (2) *Bryaceae, in* A. Grout Moss Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 184-210. 1935, 2(4): 211-262. 1940 (incl. Mniaceae, Rhizogoniaceae).
### Publications
##### n.19.274. Notes on North American Sphagnum
**Title**
*Notes on North American Sphagnum* i-vi... \[Bryologist\] 1911-1915. Oct.
**Notes**
*1*: 31 Jul 1911 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 72-75. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bryologist 14(4): 72-75. 1911.
*2*: 20 Jan 1912 (in journal), cover-t.p. \[for 1 and 2\], p. \[1\]-9. *Copy*: B. – Id. 15(1): 1-9. 1912.
*3*: Jul and Sep 1912 (on reprint), p. \[63\]-66. 16 Jul, 70-74. 19 Sep 1912. *Copy*: B. – Id. 15(4): 63-66. Jul 1912, 15(5): 70-74. Sep 1912.
*4*: 20 Mar 1913 (in journal), p. \[20\]-24. *Copy*: B. – Id. 16(2): 20-24. 1913.
*5*: Jul-Sep 1913 (on reprint), p. \[59\]-64. *Copy*: B. – Id. 16(4): 59-62. 21 Aug 1913, 16(5): 74-76. 22 Nov 1913 (sic!).
*6*: 16 Jan 1915 (in journal), p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: B. – Id. 18(1): 1-6. 1915.
*Note*: Parts 7-9, 1917-1921 n.v.