> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 105](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259151) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107565829) QID Q107565829 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Davis, Charles Albert (1861-1916), American botanist, geologist and forester, specialist in peat formation, born 29 Sep 1861 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, died 9 Apr 1916 at Washington, D.C., graduating from Bowdorn College in Maine in 1886 and teaching for a year in Chicago, to Alma College, Michigan 1887 (nat. sci. & chem.), from 1896 collecting plants in Tuscola and Huron counties, 1901 new program in forestry (Univ. Michigan, 1905 Ph.D.), moved 1908 to Washington at U.S. Geological Survey. **Abbreviated name**: *C.A. Davis* #### Herbarium and types Bermudas: [[Collection WELC|WELC]], Michigan: [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection WS|WS]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 425 (b. 29 Sep 1861, Portsmouth, N.H., d. 9 Apr 1916, Washington); BL 1: 190, 292; Ewan ed. 2: 56; IH 2: 153; Tucker 1: 189. #### Biofile - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 95. 1972. - Jones, K.C., Michigan Academician 9(3): 279-282. 1977. - Voss, E.G., Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 13: 72. 1978. ### Publications ##### n.29.240. flora of Tuscola County **Title** A contribution to the knowledge of the *flora of Tuscola County*, Michigan... Bot. Gazette 1898. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 25 Jun 1898 (in journal, read 31 Mar 1898), p. \[453\]-457. *Copy*: BKL. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 25(6): 453-457. 1898.