> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 306](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258784) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3271-1) LSID 3271-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7790438) QID Q7790438 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Goodspeed, Thomas Harper ('Harper') (1887-1966), American botanist specializing in *Nicotiana*, born 17 Mai 1887 in Springfield, Mass., studied briefly at Gaillard College, Lausanne, Switzerland, A.B. 1909 Brown Univ., Providence, Rhode Island, Ph.D. 1912 Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley, instructor in Botany 1912, asst. prof. 1916, assoc. prof. 1920 and prof. 1928, all Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley, curator 1926 and first dir. 1934 of revived and expanded Botanic Garden in Berkeley, from which he launched collecting trips to the Andes, Dr. h.c. 1940 Brown Univ. and 1943 Univ. of La Plata (Argentina), hon. Sc.D. 1957 Univ. of Cuzco (Peru), numerous other honors, retired 1957, died 17 Mai 1966 in Calistoga, Calif. **Abbreviated name**: *Goodspeed* \[standard form in IPNI: *Goodsp.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection POM|POM]], [[Collection UC|UC]] (p.p. orig.), [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection WTU|WTU]]. – Thomas Harper Goodspeed: Corr. Relating to Research on Tobacco, 1926-1950, Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley; other papers at [[Collection HU|HU]] and reprints at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Calif. #### Bibliography and biography Amer. Men Sci. ed. 10: 1458; APN p. 235; Barnhart 2: 65; Bossert p. 148; DSB 17 (Suppl. 2): 359-360; Ewan Pap. p. 80; Hirsch p. 101; Hortus 3: 1194; IH 2: 232; Kew 2: 444; Langman p. 326; Lenley p. 183; MW p. 141; Portr. 1: 63 (index), 3: 491; Sotheby 1: 249; Strid p. 133, ed. 2: 183; TL-2/5, Suppl. 3, 4 (indices); Tucker 3: 121. #### Biofile - Anon., Intl. address book botanists: 474. 1931; The New York Times \[newspaper\], 19 Mai 1966. - Baker, H.G. et al., 1967. Univ. of Calif.: In memoriam, June 1967. (electronic resource) - Constance, L., 1978. Botany at Berkeley: passim. (portrs., figs. 35, 36) - Edelman, F., 1977. Flammes et Fumées (Paris) 79: 65-128. (n.v.) - Ewan, J. (ed.), 1969. Short hist. bot. U.S.: 166. (index) #### Composite works - (1) *Notes on the California species of Trillium*... 1916-1917 (TL-2/ Suppl. 3, nr. 22.559) of which Goodspeed was first author of parts 1 and 2, and sole author of 4, was treated earlier under R.P. Brandt. - (2) First (not co-) author of *F-1 sp. hybr. Nicotiana*... 1917 (TL-2/Suppl. 4, nr. 26.520), which was treated earlier under R.E. Clausen. - (3) Co-author with R.E. Clausen, *Appar. fl. measure*... 1918 (TL-2/Suppl. 4, nr. 26.521). - (4) First author or co-author of parts 1-6 and 8 of *Interspecific hybridization in Nicotiana* I\[-XXVIII\]... 1922\[-1957\] (TL-2/Suppl. 4, nr. 26.523), most parts of which were treated earlier under R.E. Clausen. - (5) Co-author of various parts of *Inheritance in Nicotiana tabacum* I\[-XXVIII\]... 1922 \[-1957\], (TL-2/Suppl. 4, nr. 26.523), which was treated earlier under R.E. Clausen. - (6) Co-author with R.H. Chipman, *Inheritance in Nicotiana tabacum* VIII... 1927 (TL-2/ Suppl. 4, nr. 25.949). - (7) Editor, *University of California Publications in Botany* (1930-1938). - (8) Editor, *Essays in geobotany in honor of William Albert Setchell*... 1936 (see TL-2/5: 530, sub Festschrift). #### Outside our period - (1) *Plant hunters in the Andes*... New York (Farrar and Rinehart), xvi, 429 p., \[77\] p., *pl*., maps 1941; British ed.,... \[London\] (R. Hale), xiv, 429 p., maps. 1950; Ed. 2 (rev. & enlarged)... Berkeley (Univ. of California Press), viii, 378 p., maps. 1961; 2nd British ed.,... \[London (N. Spearman)\], vii, 378 p. maps (on lining papers) 1961; and Spanish transl. (by Francisco Cortada): *Cazadores de plantas en los Andes*... Buenos Aires (Editorial Sudamericana), 564 p., *24 lvs. pl.* 1944. - (2) *Historia de la Botánica*... Buenos Aires (Républica) 1943. - (3) *The genus Nicotiana*: origins, relationships, and evolution of its species in the light of their distribution, morphology, and cytogenetics... 1954; Reprint:... New Delhi (A.J. Reprints Agency) 1982. (*Gen. Nicotiana*). - (4) Goodspeed, T.H. & H.E. Stork, *The University of California Botanical Garden Expeditions to the Andes* (1935-1952), with observations on the phytogeography of Peru, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 28(3): 79-142. 1955. ### Publications ##### n.36.863. Quantitative studies **Title** *Quantitative studies* of *inheritance* in *Nicotiana hybrids*. A thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of California... (University of California Publications in Botany) 1912\[-1915\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*. \[*1*\]: 6 Dec 1912 (issue date on p. \[87\]), cover-t.p., p. \[87\]-168, *pl. 29-34* (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: BM (n.v), LC (n.v.), NY, U(2). – Issued as Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 5(2): 87-168, *pl. 29-34.* 1912. *Ref*.: Jongmans, Bot. Centralbl. 132(12): 319-321. 19 Sep 1916 (rev.). *2*: 9 Jan 1913 (issue date on p. \[169\]), \[cover discarded\], p. \[169\]-188. *Copies*: BM (n.v.), LC (n.v.), NY, U. – Id. 5(3): 169-188. 1913. - *3*: 21 Apr 1915 (issue date on cover and p. \[223\]), p. \[223\]-231. *Copies*: BM (n.v.), NY, U. – Id. 5(6): 223-231. 1915. - *Note*: Goodspeed's thesis is Part I of this three part series. ##### n.36.864. partial sterility **Title** On the *partial sterility* of *Nicotiana hybrids* made with *N. sylvestris* as a parent... (University Publications in Botany) 1913. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Mar 1913 (issue date on p. \[189\]), p. \[189\]-198. *Copies*: BM, NY, U, WU. – Issued as Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 5(4): 189-198. 1913. ##### n.36.865. Parthenocarpy **Title** *Parthenocarpy* and *parthenogenesis* in *Nicotiana*... Reprinted from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences... 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1915 (issue date on p. \[341\], presented 19 Apr 1915), p. \[341\]-346. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (U.S.A.) 1: 341-346. 1915. *Note*: Precursor to following publication (nr. 36.866). ##### n.36.866. Parthenogenesis, parthenocarpy **Title** *Parthenogenesis, parthenocarpy* and *phenospermy* in *Nicotiana*... (University Publications in Botany) 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Jul 1915 (issue date on p. \[249\]), \[cover discarded\], p. \[249\]-272, *pl. 35* (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: U. – Issued as Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 5(8): 249-272, *pl. 35.* 1915. ##### n.36.867. new species **Title** Three *new species* of *Nicotiana* from *Peru*... (University of California Publications in Botany) 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Aug 1938 (issue date on p. \[ii\]), cover-t.p., p. \[i-ii\], 137-142, *pl. 9-13* \[=p. 143-152\] (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: BM (n.v.), LC (n.v), MO (n.v), NY, U. – Issued as Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 18(6): 137-152. 1938. *Note*: Legends for *pl. 10-13* are printed on the versos of *pl. 9-12* respectively; verso of *pl. 13* is blank.