> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 108](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264835) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/191-1) LSID 191-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2411272) QID Q2411272 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Anderson, Edgar \[Shannon\], (1897-1969), American biosystematist and geneticist, studied at Michigan Agricultural College \[h.t. State Univ.\], and at Harvard University, at Bussey Institution 1919-1922, Dr. Sc. Harvard 1922, with the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Henry Shaw School of Botany, Washington University, St. Louis 1922, studied at the John Innes Institution (England) 1929-1930 with J.B.S. Haldane and R.A. Fisher, returned to St. Louis 1930, "Arborist" at the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 1930-1935; from 1935 definitively at the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1954-1957 as director. **Abbreviated name**: *E. Anderson* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.S.Anderson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection MO|MO]]; further material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection CEL|CEL]], [[Collection DAO|DAO]], [[Collection FW|FW]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KMG|KMG]], [[Collection NTSC|NTSC]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1:54 (b. 9 Nov 1897); GR p. 202; IH 2: 35; Roon p. 11. #### Biofile - Anderson, E., Plants, man and life, Boston 1952, 251 p. - Anon., Friends Journal 1969: 429, reprinted with portr. in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 59(3): 323-324. 1972 (publ. 1973); Taxon 18: 736. 1969 (obit. not., d. 18 Jun 1969 at St. Louis, Mo.), 31(3): 607. 1982 (E. Anderson Maize coll, now at CEL, Univ. Ill.). - Brockhoff, D.A., Brittonia 21: 197-200. 1969 (obit., portr.); Economic Botany 23(3): 203-205.1969 (id.). - Eisendrath, E.R., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 59(3): 346-361. 1972 (publ. 1973), (bibl.). - Erickson, S., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76: 942. 1981 (additions to E.R. Eisendrath, bibl. of E. Anderson, ib. 59: 346-361. 1972.). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 22, 26, 112, 113, 119, 143. 1969. - Finan, J.J., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 59(3): 325-345. 1972 (publ. 1973) (detailed biogr.). - Gamble, M.A., Boxwood Bull. 14(4): 57-63. 1975 (on the E. Anderson Balkan boxwoods), Bull. Missouri Bot. Gard 64(7): 2-3. 1976 (portr.). - Heiser, C.B., Jr., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 59(3): 362-372. 1972 (publ. 1973) (student days). - Lawton, G.P., Bull. Missouri Bot. Gard. 57(5): 3-5. 1969 (obit. not.). - Merrill, E.D., Chron. bot. 14: see index. 1954 (Botany Cook's Voy., many refs.). - Murrill, W.A., Hist. bot. Florida 42: 1945. - Porter, D.M., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 59: 380-384. 1972 (publ. 1973), (Hybridization, evolution and systematics). - Porter, D.M. et al. Boxwood Bull. 24(2): 35-39. 1984 (biogr. notes, portr.). - Radt, C., J. Agr. Trop. Bot. appl. 17(5-6): 234-235. 1970 (obit.). - Stebbins, G.L., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 59(3): 373-379. 1972 (publ. 1973) (recollection friendship). #### Outside our period - (1) *Introgressive hybridization* 1949, facsimile ed. 1968. - (2) *The considered landscape*: essays by A., ed. D. Maloney, Buffalo 1985, 52 p. - (3) *Plants, man and life*, Berkeley 1952, ix, 251 p., also id. 1967, 1969 and various other editions. ### Publications ##### n.19.197. The distribution of Iris versicolor **Title** *The distribution of Iris versicolor* in relation to the post-glacial great lakes... Reprinted from Rhodora... 1933. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1933 (in journal), p. \[154\]-160. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 35: 154-160. 1933. ##### n.19.198. The species of Tradescantia **Title** *The species of Tradescantia* indigenous to the United States... Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Mass.... 1935. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Sp. Tradescantia*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Robert \[Everard\] Woodson (1904-1963), TL-2/7: 446-448. *Publ*.: 1935, cover-t.p., p. \[i\], \[1\]-132, *pl. 1-12. Copies*: G, NY. – Issued as Contr. Arnold Arbor. Harvard Univ. 9, 1935. *Ref*.: Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 74: 61-62. Feb 1936 (rev.). ##### n.19.199. Biometrical studies on herbarium material **Title** *Biometrical studies on herbarium material*... Reprinted from Nature... 1935. **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Dec 1935 (in journal), p. \[1-2\]. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Nature 136: 986. 1935. ##### n.19.200. Hybridization in American Tradescantias **Title** *Hybridization in American Tradescantias*... (Reprinted from Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden...) 1936. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1936 (date on cover reprint), p. \[i\], 511-524. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard 23: 511-524. 1936. ##### n.19.201. Cytology in its relation to taxonomy **Title** *Cytology in its relation to taxonomy*... Reprinted... from Botanical Review... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1937 (in journal), p. 335-350. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Rev. 3: 335-350. 1937.