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### Author
Brannon, Melvin Amos (1865-1950), American botanist and educator, born at Lowell, Indiana, died 26 Mar 1950 in Gainesville, Florida, Wabash College A.B. 1889, A.M. 1890, studied at Marine Biology College, Woods Hole, Mass. 1891-1894, Ph.D. Chicago 1912, dean of the School of Medicine 1899-1911, id. Liberal Arts 1911-1914 at University of Notre Dame, president University of Idaho 1914-1917, president Beloit Coll., Wisc. 1917-1923, Chancellor Montana 1923-1933.
**Abbreviated name**: *Brannon*
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection F|F]] (500).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 242 (b. 11 Sep 1865, Lowell, Indiana); IH 2: 93.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Who's who in Amer. 12: 469. 1922-1923; Amer. Men Sci. ed. 6: 256. 1938.
- Deam, C.C., Fl. Indiana 1115. 1910.
- Hunt Institution, Biogr. Dict. Bot. Portr. Coll. 50. 1972.
- Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 61. 1981 (letter).
### Publications
##### n.22.568. Grinnellia americana
**Title**
The structure and development of *Grinnellia americana*, Harv.... Annals of Botany ... 1897. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mar 1897 (in journal, Nat. Nov. Mai (2) 1897), p. \[1\]-28, *pl. 1-4* (uncol. liths.). *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. 11(41): 1-28, *pl. 1-4.* 1897.
##### n.22.569. Indiana Mildews
**Title**
Some *Indiana Mildews*... Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci.... 1899. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1899, *in* Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 1898: 291-295. 1899. – LS 3744. – No reprint seen.
##### n.22.570. Influence
**Title**
*Influence* of *growth* substances on growth and cell dividion in green algae... American Journal of Botany... 1938.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Alfred Frank Bartsch (b. 30 Nov 1913).
*Publ*.: 1939, *in* Amer. J. Bot. 26(5): 271-279. 1939. – No reprint seen.
*Ref*.: Prescott, G.W., Bibl. Desmid. Univ. 70. 1984 (brief note).