> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 314](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265041) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/32349-1) LSID 32349-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8344896) QID Q8344896 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Barber, Charles Alfred (1860-1933), South Africa born British sugarcane specialist; in South Africa 1860-1870, educated at New King's Wood School, Bath; B.Sc. London Univ.; studied in Germany with e.g. Strasburger and Schimper; at Christ's College, Cambridge 1864, sometime demonstrator ib.; superintendent of Agriculture, Leeward Isl. (B.W.I.) working on sugarcane 1891-1895, returned to England 1895; at Royal Engineering College, Cooper's Hill 1895-1898, to India 1898 as Director of the Botanical Survey of Southern India, Dr. Sci. Cambridge Univ., from 1908 at the Agricultural College at Coimbatore in charge of botany, entomology, and mycology; first sugarcane Expert at Coimbatore 1912-1918; in retirement in England, from 1919 lecturer in tropical agriculture at Cambridge. **Abbreviated name**: *C.A. Barber* \[standard form in IPNI: *C.A.Barber*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection MH|MH]], further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]] and [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 119 (b. 10 Nov 1860, d. 24 Feb 1933); BJI 1: 3; Desmond p. 36 (b. 10 Nov 1860, Wynberg, S. Afr., d. 23 Feb 1933, Cambridge); IH 1 (ed. 7): 66, 2: 54 (incomplete); Kew 1: 156-157; LS 1694-1702, 30.845 (also 3: 2); LS suppl. 1709; Rehder 5(index): 49; Tucker 1: 57; Urban-Berl. p. 327. #### Biofile - Anon., Nat. Nov. 20: 564. 1898 (apptd. India ("Staatsbotaniker in Madras") replacing M.A. Lawson); Kew Bull. 1898: 277 (appt. Director bot. Surv. S. India), 1913: 48 (sugarcane expert at Coimbatore), 1933: 157-158 (obit., d. 23 Feb 1933); The Times 24 Feb 1933. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 269.56. 1980. - Chitra, V., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 23(1-4): 10-14. 1981, publ. 1983 (on his botanical work in India, lists publ.). - Sampson, H.C., J. Bot. 71: 102-103. 1933 (obit.). - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 3(1): 18. 1902. - Venkataraman, T.S., Life sketch of Dr. Charles Alfred Barber, Dr. Barbers contributions *in *Anon., The Madras State Herbarium Cent. Souv. 20 Aug 1954, p. 25-28 (portr., b. 10 Nov 1860, in S. Afr., d. 23 Feb 1933) \[text used for our heading\]. #### Composite works - (1) Editor *Agricultural journal of the Leeward Isles* nos. 1-3, and suppl. 1894-1895. ### Publications ##### n.20.164. Notes on the experimental sugarcane station at Samalkot **Title** *Notes on the experimental sugarcane station at Samalkot*, Godavari District... Madras (Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press). Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1904 (rd. at L 30 Mai 1904), cover-t.p., p. \[269\]-272. *Copy*: L. − Reprinted and to be cited from Dept. Land Records Agr., Madras, vol. 2. Bull. 48: 269-272. 1904. ##### n.20.165. Diseases of Andropogon Sorghum **Title** *Diseases of Andropogon Sorghum* in the Madras presidency... Madras (Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press) 1904. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1904 (rd. at L 30 Mai 1904), cover-t.p., p. \[273\]-288. *Copy*: L. − Reprinted and to be cited from Dept. Land Records Agr., Madras, vol. 2, Bull. 49: 273-288. 1904. ##### n.20.166. Studies in root-parasitism **Title** *Studies in root-parasitism*. The haustorium of Santalum album. I. Early stages, up to penetration... Calcutta (printed by Thacker, Spink & Co.) 1906. Oct. **Notes** *1*: Jan 1906, cover-t.p., p. \[i\], \[1\]-30, *pl. 1-7.* Issued as Mem. Dept. Agr. India, Bot. 1(1). *2*: Aug 1907 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-56, *pl. 1-16.* Idem 2(1). *3*: Dec 1907 (in journal), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-47, *pl. 1-12.* Idem 2(4). *4*: Oct 1908 (in journal), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-36, \[37\], *pl. 1-11.* Idem 2(5). *Copies*: BR, G, U. *Ref*.: Müller, Bot. Zeit. 65(Abt. 2): 293-294. 16 Sep 1906 (rev. part 1), 66(Abt. 2): 231-232. 1 Jul 1908 (id. 2). ##### n.20.167. The varieties of cultivated pepper **Title** *The varieties of cultivated pepper*... Madras (printed by the Superintendent, Government Press) 1906. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1906, cover-t.p., p. \[123\]-133, *pl. 1-3.* *Copy*: B. − Reprinted and to be cited from Dept. Land Records Agr. Madras vol. 3, Bull. 56: 123-133, *pl. 1-3.* 1906. ##### n.20.168. Studies in Indian sugarcanes **Title** *Studies in Indian sugarcanes*... Calcutta (Thacker, Spink & Co.), London (W. Tacker & Co.) 1915-1919. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Stud. Indian sugarcanes*. **Notes** *1*: Mai 1915 (date on p. \[i\]), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-106, 106a-f, *pl. 1-19.* − Issued as Mem. Dept. Agr. India, Bot. 7(1). *2*: Jul 1916 (date on p. \[i\]), p. \[i-ii\], \[103\]-199, *pl. 1-29.* − Id. 8(3). *3*: Mai 1918 (date on p. \[i\]), p. \[i-iii\], \[133\]-218, tables 1-4, *pl. 1-7.* − Id. 9(4). *4*: Jun 1919 (date on p. \[i\]), p. \[i\]-vi, \[39\]-153, *pl. 1-37.* − Id. 10(2). *5*: Aug 1919 (date on p. \[i\]), p. \[i-vii\], \[155\]-179, *pl. 1-8.* − Id. 10(3). *Copies*: BR, U.