> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 296](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259800) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2807-1) LSID 2807-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21513303) QID Q21513303 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Fontaine, William Morris|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Fontaine, William Morris (1835-1913), American paleobotanist, born 1 Dec 1835 in Hanover (Louisa?) Co., Virginia, attended Hanover Academy for Boys, A.M. 1859 Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, taught Hanover Academy 1860-1861, Confederate soldier 1861-1865 (U.S. Civil War), Royal Mining School, Freiburg (Saxony) 1869-1870 and briefly in Heidelberg, prof. of chemistry and geology, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown 1873-1878, Corcoran Chair of geology & natural history, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville 1879-1910, retired 1 Sep 1911, died 30 Apr 1913 in Charlottesville. **Abbreviated name**: *Fontaine* \[standard form in IPNI: *Fontaine*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. – Letters in Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville. #### Bibliography and biography Amer. Men Sci. ed. 2: 158; Andrews p. 264-265; APN p. 205; Barnhart 1: 555; BL 1: 221, 296; BM 2: 590, 6: 332; BN p. 173; CSP 7: 685, 9: 893, 12: 245, 15: 44; Futak-Domin p. 205; Jackson p. 190; Kew 2: 299; Morren ed. 10: 132; Nickles p. 371-372; Quenstedt p. 143; Sarjeant p. 1015; TL-2/1: 851, 2/7: 633 (index). #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. J. Sci., ser. 4, 35: 642. 1913. - Dörfler, I., 1896. Botaniker-Adressbuch: 194; 1902. Id., ed. 2: 250; 1909. Id., ed. 3: 330. - \[Engelmann, W.\], 1891. Botanisches Adressbuch: 130. - Ewan, J. (ed.), 1969. Short hist. bot. U.S.: 106. - Roberts, J.K., 1942. Annotated geological bibl. Virginia: 13, 45-50, 240-247. (bibl.) - Tyler, L.G. (ed.), 1909. Men of mark in Virginia, vol. 5: 150-151. - Watson, T.L. (with F.H. Knowlton, in part), 1914. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 25: 6-13. (bibl., portr.) #### Note *The Permian or Upper Carboniferous of West Virginia*... (TL-2/1, nr. 1813) was also issued as a part of the "Plant taxonomic literature microfiche collection" by Meckler/ Chadwyck Healey Publishing (1987). #### Composite works One of several collaborators with L.F. Ward: - (1) *The Cretaceous formation of the Black Hills*... 1899, see TL-2/7, nr. 16.698; and - (2) *Status of the Mesozoic floras of the United States*... Part 1, 1900, see TL-2/7, nr. 16.700. ### Publications ##### n.34.981. Contributions **Title** *Contributions* to the knowledge of the older *Mesozoic flora* of *Virginia*... \[Monographs of the United States Geological Survey... 1883\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. Mesozoic fl. Virginia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1883, p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-144, *pl. 1-54* (col. lith. with letterpress). *Copies*: BM(2) (n.v.), G, HH (n.v.), K (n.v.), LC (n.v.), MO, U, US; IDC 2548/2, mf. 97-105. *Microfiche*: Englewood, Colorado (Microcard Editions), \[19--\]. *Copy*: (n.v.). – Issued as Monogr. U.S. Geol. Survey 6. 1883. *Ref*.: Anon., Science 5(113): 280-281. 1885 (rev.). ##### n.34.982. Potomac **Title** The *Potomac* or younger Mesozoic *flora*... United States Geological Survey... 1889. **Abbreviated title**: *Potomac fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1889, \[vol. 1\]: p. \[i\*\*\], \[i\*\]-iv\* \[=advert.\], \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-377 \[text\]; and \[vol. 2\]: p. \[i\]-x, \[xi\], *pl. 1-173* (uncol. draw. with letterpress), *174-180* (uncol. phot. with letterpress). *Copies*: BM(3) (n.v.), G, HH (n.v.), LC (n.v.), MO(4), U, US; IDC 2548/2, mf. 224-249. *Micro-opaque*: Englewood, Colorado (Microcard Editions), \[19--\]. *Copy*: (n.v.). – Issued as Monogr. U.S. Geol. Survey 15. 1889, being two separate volumes; one with text, one with plates. – *Note*: Some copies (e.g. LC) also have the imprint "United States Geological Survey. – House of Representatives, 50th Congress, 2nd session, House Misc. Doc. No. 147, pt. 1...". *Ref*.: Anon., Amer. Geol. 5: 315. Mai 1890 (noticed). - Ward, L., Amer. J. Sci., ser. 3, 39: 520. Jun 1890 (noticed). - Zeiller, R., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 38(RBB): 74-78. 1891 \[i.e. 1 Jul 1890\] (rev.). - Goodale, G.L., Amer. J. Sci., ser. 3, 40: 168-169. Aug 1890 (rev.). ##### n.34.983. Notes **Title** *Notes* on *Triassic plants* from *New Mexico*... From the Proceedings of the United States National Museum... 1890. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Knowlton, Frank Hall (1860-1926), see TL-2/2: 583-584, indices 2/7, Suppl. 3 and IH 2: 372. *Publ*.: 1890 (Bot. Zeitung Berlin 28 Aug 1891), cover-t.p., p. \[281\]-285, *pl. 22-26* (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: BM, G, K (n.v.), NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 13: 281-285, *pl. 22-26.* 1890. ##### n.34.984. Description **Title** *Description* of some *fossil plants* from the *Great Falls* coal field of Montana... Washington... 1892 \[i.e. 1893\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 24 Jul 1893 (in journal), p. 487-495, *pl. 82-84. Copies*: HH (n.v.), K (n.v.), NY(2). – Issued as Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 15: 487-495, *pl. 82-84.* 1892 \[i.e. 1893\]. ##### n.34.985. Notes **Title** *Notes* on some *fossil plants* from the *Trinity division* of the Comanche series of Texas... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1893. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1893, p. 261-282. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), NY(2). – Issued as Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 16: 261-282. 1893. *Ref*.: Anon., Amer. Geol. 12: 327-328. Dec 1893 (rev.). ##### n.34.986. Potomac formation **Title** The *Potomac formation* in *Virginia*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1896. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1896 ("Letter of transmittal" p. 9 signed 2 Jan 1896), cover-t.p., p.\[1\]-149, *pl. 1* (col. fold. map), *2* (uncol. draw). *Copies*: BM (n.v.), US. *Microfilm*: Princeton, New Jersey (Princeton Microfilms Corp.), 1 reel (35 mm). *Copy*: (n.v.) – Issued as Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 145. 1896. *Note*: "The manuscript was prepared in 1887, but the nomenclature has since been modified" (p. 9).