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### Author
Conn, Herbert William (1859-1917), American algologist and dairy bacteriologist, born Fitchburg, Mass., 10 Jan 1859, A.B. Boston 1881, A.M. 1882, Ph.D. Hopkins 1884, instructor in biology at the Wesleyan 1884-1886, assistant professor 1886-1888, director at Cold Spring Harbor 1889-1897, bacteriologist Storrs Exper. Station Conn. Col. 1890-1905, lecturer dairy bacteriology 1901-1905, full professor 1898-1917, bacteriologist at Connecticut State Laboratory 1905-1917.
**Abbreviated name**: *Conn* \[standard form in IPNI: *Conn*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Kew 1: 602; LS 5529-5530, 32.208.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. 2: 97. 1910.
- Bulloch, W., Hist. bacteriology 359. 1938.
- Esten, W.M., J. Bacteriology 2(5): 501-503. 1917 (career, portr.).
- Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 1495-1900: 90. 1980.
- Prescott, G.W., Bibliogr. Desmid. Univ. 104. 1984.
#### General publications
- (1) *Evolution today*... (Putnam), London 1886, p. ix, 342. Oct. (2) *The living world*. Whence it came and whither it is drifting (Putnam) London 1891, p. v, 195. Oct.
- (3) *The method of evolution*... (Putnam) London 1900, p. ix, 408. Oct.
### Publications
##### n.27.196. A preliminary report on the Algae of the fresh waters of Connecticut
**Title**
*A preliminary report on the Algae of the fresh waters of Connecticut*... Hartford (Printed for the State Geological and Natural History Survey) 1908. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Prelim. rep. Alg. Connecticut*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Lucia Washburn (née Hazen) Webster (b. 1875).
*Publ*.: 1908, cover-t.p., \[i-vii, catalogue slips\], p. \[1\]-78, *pl. 1-44* (uncol. liths. with text).
*Copies*: B, MO, NY. – Issued as Bull. 10, State of Connecticut, State Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 1908. – G.W. Prescott, Bibl. Desmid. Univ. 1984, no. C 256.
*Ref*.: Howe, M.A., Torreya 9(2): 35-36. 26 Feb 1909 (rev.).