> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 141](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265338) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/16059-1) LSID 16059-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q652595) QID Q652595 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Bessey, Charles Edwin (1845-1915), American botanist and educator, entered Michigan Agricultural College 1866 (studied with e.g. A.N. Prentiss and W.J. Beal), graduated B. Sc. 1869, M. Sc. 1872, professor of botany at Iowa Agricultural College at Ames 1870-1884, in between engaged in graduate work at Harvard 1872-1873 and 1875-1876, Ph.D. Univ. Iowa 1879, L.L.D. Iowa College 1898; professor of botany at the University of Nebraska 1884-1915, pioneer in botanical laboratory instruction. **Abbreviated name**: *Bessey* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bessey*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection ISC|ISC]] (Iowa), [[Collection NEB|NEB]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection UTC|UTC]]. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 4: 32, 6(2): 145; Barnhart 1: 178 (b. 21 Mai 1845, d. 25 Feb 1915); BJI 1: 5, 2: 13; BL 1: 197; BM 1: 157; CSP 7: 165, 9: 230, 12: 79, 13: 515-516; De Toni 1: xii; DSB 2: 102-104 (by J. Ewan); Ewan ed. 1: 163, ed. 2: 18; GR p. 204; IH 2: 72; Jackson p. 64, 487; Kew 1: 236; LS 2883-2930, 31.126-31.132; LS suppl. 2571-2580; Morren ed. 10, p. 120; Nordstedt p. 9, suppl. p. 4; NW p. 40; Rehder 5(index): 82; TL-2/see indexes; Tucker 1: 81-82. #### Biofile - Allison, E.M., Univ. Colorado Stud. 6: 53. 1908/09 (coll. in Colorado 1894, 1895-1896, 1899). - Anon., Amer. Fern J. 5(2): 63. 1915 (obit. note); Agassiz Association, Guide to nature 7: 423. 1915; Torreya 15(2): 39-40. 1915 (obit.); Mem. Progr. Nebraska School masters Club, Lincoln 14 Mai 1915, 41 p. (n.v.); The Bessey memorial, Univ. J. Lincoln Nebr., Alumni ed. Jan 1916, p. 1, Jun 1919, p. 13. - Bessey, C.F., The teaching of botany sixty-five years ago, *in* Iowa State College J. Sci. 9: 13-20. 1935. - Bessey, E.A., Iowa State College J. Sci. 9: 227-233. 1935. - Coulter, J.M., Science ser. 2. 41: 599-600. 1915; Bot. Gaz. 60(1): 72-73. 1915. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 10, 12, 46, 47, 83, 110, 114, 124. 1969. - Humphrey, H.B., Makers of N. Amer. bot. 27-30. 1961. - Lenz, L.W., Marcus E. Jones 207. 1986. - Mertins, C.T., The life and works of Charles Edwin Bessey (mss. 93 p., Libr. Iowa State Univ. Ames; major Bessey bibliography, 500 titles). - Mertins, C.T. and Duane Isely, Iowa State J. Research 56(2): 131-148. 1981 (main biography: "... botanist, educator and educationist"). - Osborn, H., Fragments of entomological history 148-150. 1937. - Pammel, L.H., Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 22: 11-12. 1915 (obit., portr.), 31: 51, 53, 58, 61. 1924; Prominent men I have met, *in* Ames \[Iowa\] Daily Tribune and Evening Times 26 Nov 1927, p. 19, and 17 Dec 1927, p. 20, also separately: Prominent men I have met, Ames, Iowa, 6: 1-30. 1928. - Pool, R.J., Amer. J. Bot. 2: 505-518. 1915 (biogr., bibl.); Plant Sci. Bull. 4(5): 7-8. 1958 (obit.). - Prescott, G.W., Bibl. Desmid. univ. B176-B184. 1984. - Rainger, R. et al., eds., The American development of biology 264, 274. 1988. - Rodgers, A.D., III., John Merle Coulter, Princeton, N.Y. 1944; Amer. bot. 1873-1892. 324. 1944; Liberty Hyde Bailey 24-25, 27, 39-42. 1949. - Rogers, D.P., Brief hist. mycol. N. Amer. ed. 2. 17, 30, 35, 45, 69. 1981. - Shear, C.L., Phytopathology 5: 208. 1915. - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 51. 1981 (mss. at Hunt library). - Sutton, B., Charles Sprague Sargent 284-285, 286-287. 1970. - Walsh, T.R., Charles E. Bessey, Land-grant college professor PH.-D. thesis, The University of Nebraska 1972 (245 p., Univ. Microfilms Ann Arbor, Mich.); Nebraska History 53(1): 35-57. 1972 ("The American green of Charles Bessey"). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 178. 1903, 3(3): 192. 1905 (on portr.). #### Dedication Raymond J. Pool, *Flowers and flowering plants* ed. 1, 1929 dedicated to the memory of C.E. Bessey (for Pool see TL-2/4: 336, especially no. 8157). #### Context and bases of the Besseyan dicta See R.W. Kiger, *Context and basis... dicta*, thesis Univ. Maryland 1971, p. \[i\]-vi, 1-158. *Copy*: MO. #### Charles E. Bessey papers See J.G. Svoboda and Patricia Churray, eds., Guide and index to the *microfilm* edition of the Charles E. Bessey Papers (1865-1915), Univ. Nebraska Studies ser. 2. 67, Lincoln 1984, p. \[1\]-198. – Contains a biogr. sketch on p. 13-15. ### Publications ##### n.21.198. On a scientific course of study **Title** *On a scientific course of study*... Read before the State Teacher's Association, at Grinnell, Iowa, December 28, 1876... Reprinted from the Aurora \[1877\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1877, p. \[1\]-11. *Copy*: MO. – Reprinted with independent pagination from The Aurora, Iowa 1877 (n.v.). – Interesting text with respect to Bessey's ideas on teaching science. ##### n.21.199. Botany for high schools **Title** *Botany for high schools* and colleges... New York (Henry Holt & Company) 1880. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. high schools*. **Notes** *Publ*.: *Ed. 1*: 1880 (preface signed 12 Apr 1880), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-611. *Copy*: HH. – Ed. 2. 1881, Ed. 3. 1883. *Ed. 7* (revised): 1899 (original ed. 7: 1892), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-611. *Copy*: Washington Univ., St. Louis. ##### n.21.200. Grasses and forage plants **Title** Report of the botanist on the *Grasses and forage plants*, and the catalogue of plants ... Lincoln, Neb. (State Journal Company,...) 1890. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Grass. forage pl.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Herbert John Webber (1865-1936), see TL-2/7: 122-123 and especially no. 16.875 in which this report is also mentioned. *Publ*.: 1890 (Bot. Centralbl. 26 Nov 1890, Bot. Zeit. 27 Feb 1891), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-162. *Copies*: G, MO. – Extracted from the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture for 1889. *Ref*.: Jännicke, C.H.W., Bot. Centralbl. 46(23): 329-331. 1891 (rev.). - Niedenzu, F., Bot. Jahrb., Lit 14(3): 13. 15 Sep 1891 (rev.). ##### n.21.201. Preliminary report on the native trees and shrubs of Nebraska **Title** *Preliminary report on the native trees and shrubs of Nebraska*... Lincoln, Nebraska ... \[1891\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Prelim. rep. trees shrubs Neb.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1891, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-32. *Copy*: NY. – Issued also in Bulletin Agr. Sta. Nebraska 4(18): 171-202. 1891. – "No 18. University of Nebraska". *Ref*.: Schiffer (Prag), Bot. Centralbl. 52(42): 103-104. 13 Oct 1892. ##### n.21.202. botany of the Apple Tree **Title** The *botany of the Apple Tree*... Lincoln, Nebraska... 1894. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Alfred F. Woods (1866-1948), see TL-2/7: 444. *Publ*.: 27 Mar 1894 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 7-36. *Copy*: BKL. − Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Rep. Nebraska State Hort. Soc. 1894: 7-36. − Reprint also issued in Contr. Bot. Dept. Univ. Nebraska, ser. 2. 6, 1894. ##### n.21.203. botany of the grape **Title** The *botany of the grape* and the genus Prunus... Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. 1895. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 27 Mar 1895 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 7-26. *Copy*: BKL. − Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Rep. Nebraska State Hort. Soc. 1895: 7-26. − Reprint also issued as Contr. Bot. Dept. Univ. Nebraska, ser. 2. 9, 1895. ##### n.21.204. Botany of the plums and cherries **Title** *Botany of the plums and cherries*... Lincoln, Nebraska... 1895. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 27 Mar 1895, cover-t.p., p. 163-178. *Copy*: BKL. − Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Rep. Nebraska State Hort. Soc. 1895: 163-178. − Reprint also issued in the series Contr. Bot. Dept. Univ. Nebraska. ##### n.21.205. The phylogeny and taxonomy of Angiosperms **Title** *The phylogeny and taxonomy of Angiosperms*... From the Botanical Gazette... \[1897\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1897 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 1-34. *Copies*: B, BKL, G, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 24: 145-178. 1897. *Ref*.: Guérin, P., Bull. Soc. bot. France 45 (Bibl.): 486-487. 1898 (rev.). ##### n.21.206. Evolution in microscopic plants **Title** *Evolution in microscopic plants*... Transactions of the American Microscopical Society... 1903. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1903 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[5\]-12. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Transact. Amer. microscop. Soc. 24(1): 5-12. 1903. ##### n.21.207. The structure and classification of the Siphonales **Title** *The structure and classification of the Siphonales*... Transactions of the American microscopical Society... 1907. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1907 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[47\]-62, *pl. 3* (diagr.). *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Transact. Amer. microscop. Soc. 27: 47-62, *pl. 3.* 1907. ##### n.21.208. A synopsis of plant phyla **Title** *A synopsis of plant phyla*... University Studies \[Nebraska\]... 1907. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1907 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 1-99. *Copies*: L(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Univ. Stud., Nebraska 7(4): 275-373. 1907. *Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 41(Lit.): 47. 4 Aug 1908 (rev.). ##### n.21.209. Outline of plant phyla **Title** *Outline of plant phyla*... \[The University of Nebraska... 1909\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Sep 1909 (date on p. 20), p. \[1\]-20. *Copy*: L. – R.J. Pool (1915) mentions two later editions with corrections and additions. ##### n.21.210. The phyletic idea in taxonomy **Title** *The phyletic idea in taxonomy*.. Reprinted from Science... 1909. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Jan 1909 (in journal), p. \[1\]-10. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Science ser. 2. 29(733): 91-100. 1909. ##### n.21.211. The phyla, classes, and orders of plants **Title** *The phyla, classes, and orders of plants*... Decatur, Illinois (American microscopical Society) 1910. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1910 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[85\]-96. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Transact. Amer. microscop. Soc. 29(2): 85-96. 1910. ##### n.21.212. Selected rules of botanical nomenclature **Title** *Selected rules of botanical nomenclature*. (Especially those of interest to foresters) ... Reprinted from The Forest Club Annual, II. 1910. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1910, cover-t.p., p. \[7\]-14. *Copy*: BKL. − Reprinted and to be cited from The Forest Club Annual 2: 7-14. 1910. ##### n.21.213. Synopsis of the conjugate algae **Title** *Synopsis of the conjugate algae* – *Zygophyceae*... Decatur, Ill. (American microscopical Society) 1914. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1914 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[11\]-49. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Transact. Amer. microscop. Soc. 33(1): 11-49. 1914. ##### n.21.214. Essentials of college botany **Title** *Essentials of college botany*... New York (Henry Holt and Company) \[1914\]. Oct. (*Ess. college bot.*). **Notes** *Co-author*: Ernst Athearn Bessey (1877-1957), see below. *Publ*.: 1914, p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-409. *Copy*: Washington Univ. St. Louis. – "Eight edition of 'The essentials of botany' entirely rewritten". – We have not tried to find all editions: this title represents the importance of the efforts of the Besseys to promote botanical education. *Note*: Originally published as *The essentials of botany, briefer course*, ed. 1, 1884, Henry Holt and Co., ed. 2: 1885, ed. 3: 1886, ed. 4: 1889, ed. 5: 1892, ed. 6: 7 Feb 1896, ed. 7: 23 Jul 1896. – For further information see R.J. Pool (1915), p. 517-518. ##### n.21.215. phylogenetic taxonomy of flowering plants **Title** The *phylogenetic taxonomy of flowering plants*... Reprinted from Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden... 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb-Apr 1915 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 109-164. *Copy*: BKL. − Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 2: 109-164. 1915. − "A paper read by invitation at the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Celebration of the Missouri Botanical Garden, October 15, 1914". ##### n.21.216. origin of the Anthophyta **Title** The *origin of the Anthophyta*... Reprinted from the Seventeenth Annual Report \[Michigan Academy of Science\] 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1915, title recto of \[142\], p. \[142\]-151, *pl. 15* (uncol. draw. recto of 151). *Copy*: BKL. − Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Rep. Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 142-151, *pl. 15.* 1915.