> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 255](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259301) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2177-1) LSID 2177-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4171766) QID Q4171766 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Dewey, Chester (1784-1867), American naturalist, born in Sheffield, Mass. 15 Oct 1784, died in Rochester, N.Y. 5 Dec 1867, tutor in Williams College 1808-1810, professor of mathematics and natural philosophy 1810-1817 in medical colleges of Pittsfield, Mass. and Woodstock, Vermont, 1836-1850 principal of the Collegiate Institute of Rochester, N.Y., 1850-1860 professor of chemistry and natural philosophy at University of Rochester. **Abbreviated name**: *Dewey* \[standard form in IPNI: *Dewey*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]](former [[Collection GH|GH]]), further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection PH|PH]](Carex), [[Collection US|US]] (506), [[Collection WECO|WECO]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 450 (b. 25 Oct 1784, Sheffield, Mass., d. 15 Dec, Rochester, N.Y.); BM 1: 450; IH 2: 161; Lenley p. 452-453; LS 79.023; ME 1: 178, 3: 564 (bibl.); PR 2217, ed. 1.: 2553; Rehder 1: 313; Tucker 1: 201; Urban-Berl. p. 340. #### Biofile - Anderson, M.B., Smith. Inst. Ann. Rept. 25: 231-240. 1870 (biogr.). - Anon., Flora 51: 235. 9 Jun 1868 (d.); Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 25-26. 1868 (d.); Bull. Soc. bot. France 14(Rev. Bibl.): 286. 1868 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 26: 640. 25 Sep 1869 (d.). - Baillon, H.E., Dict. bot. 2: 388. 1883. - Barnhart, J.H., Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16(3): 292. 1921 (corresp.); Bartonia 16: 24-25. 1934 (issued 29 Jul 1935). - Beckwith, Florence, Early botanists of Rochester, Rochester N.Y. 1912, p. 41-42; Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 5: 39-58, *pl. 1* (portr.). 1912. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. p. 397, no. 229-462. 1980. - Clarke, J.M., James Hall of Albany 38, 269, 321. 1923. - Day, M.A., Rhodora 3: 221. 1901. - Fernald, M.L., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 86(1): 70-71. Sep 1942. - Gray A., Amer. J. Sci. Arts ser. 2. 45(133): 122-123. Jan 1868 (obit.); Sci. Pap. 2: 345-348. 1889. - House, H.D., New York State Mus. Bull. 328: 112-113. 1942. - Humphrey, H.B., Makers of N. Amer. Bot., New York 68-70. 1961. - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 101. 1972. - Kelly, H.A. and W.L. Burrage, Amer. med. biogr. 309-310. 1920. - Mears, J.A, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. 133: 149. 1981 (important coll. exsicc. at PH, from Torrey, Gray, Schweinitz). - Merrill, E.D., Ann. Report Smiths. Inst. 1904: 269, 695 (brief note on life and work, used for our caption). - Pease, A.S., Fl. N. New Hampshire 38. 1964. - Rodgers, A.D., John Torrey 16, 26, 68, 73-76, 88, 108, 118-119, 226. 1942. - Seelye, W., Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 3: 182-185. 1900 (biogr. sketch, portr.). - Smith, Earle, Bartonia 28: 15, *pl. 3.* 1957 (original writing). - Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 164. 1984 (letter with Hunt Inst.). ### Publications ##### n.30.053. Report **Title** *Report* on the *herbaceous flowering plants* of Massachusetts, arranged according to the natural orders of Lindley, and illustrated chiefly by popular descriptions of their character, properties, and uses. Published agreeably to an order of the legislature, by the commissioners of the zoological and botanical survey of the state... Cambridge \[U.S.A.\] (Folsom, Wells, and Thurston...) 1840. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rep. herb. fl. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1840 (p. 4 signed 24 Feb 1840, 7 Jul 1841 "donation" to Boston Soc. nat. Hist.), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-268, \[269, index\]-277. *Copies*: BM, HH, MO, NY, P. – See also PR 2217, Junk 187: no. 101. 1974/5, Tucker 1: 201, PR ed. 1. 2553. *Note*: This is the first part of "Reports on the herbaceous plants and on the quadrupeds of Massachusetts". The second part (quadrupeds) is by Ebeneze Emmons and separately paged.