> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 558](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333697) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9558-1) LSID 9558-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21608772) QID Q21608772 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sheldon, John Lewis (1865-1947), American botanist and phytopathologist; publicschool teacher in Connecticut 1885-1890; instructor at the Mt. Hermon School 1892-1894; B.S. Ohio Northern University ca. 1894; again teaching in Connecticut public schools 1895-1898; at a state normal school in Nebraska 1899-1900; instructor in botany at the University of Nebraska 1900-1903; Dr. phil. Univ. Nebraska 1903; professor of bacteriology West Virginia University 1903; professor of botany and bacteriology ib. 1907; from 1913-1917 professor of botany; collaborator USDA 1902-1904, 1905-1922. **Abbreviated name**: *J. Sheld.* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Sheld.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection WVA|WVA]]. – Further material at [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection CUP|CUP]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection NEBC|NEBC]], [[Collection NY|NY]]. – *Field notes*: [[Collection WVA|WVA]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 268 (b. 10 Nov 1865); GR p. 245; Hortus 3: 1204; Kelly p. 213-214; Lenley p. 367; LS 24817-24826, 39217-39223, 41728; Stevenson p. 1258. #### Biofile - Ammons, V., Bryologist 50: 219-220. 1977 (obit. not.). - Anon., Allg. bot. Z. 5: 151. 1899 (app. Nebraska); Bot. Centralbl. 79: 209. 1899 (app. Nebraska); Castanea 4: 69-74. 1939 (biogr. sketch, bibl.); Rev. bryol. 34: 126. 1906, 37: 135. 1910; Rev. bryol. lichenol. 11: 131. 1938 (notes on publ.); Who's who Amer. 5-15, 1908-1929; Who was who Amer. 3: 778. 1960. - Cattell, J.M., Amer. men sci. ed. 1: 289. 1906, ed. 2: 424. 1910, ed. 3: 619. 1921, ed. 4: 885. 1927, ed. 5: 1008. 1933, ed. 6: 1282. 1938, ed. 7: 1608. 1944. - Core, E.L., Science ser. 2. 105: 541. 1947 (obit.). - Core, E.L. et al., Bibl. W. Virg. plant life 6, 8, 10, 39. 1962. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. US. 95. 1969. - Humphrey, H.B., Makers N. Amer. bot. 227-228. 1961 (biogr. sketch). - Marquis, A.N., Who's who in America 4: 1614. 1906-1907. - Millspaugh, C.F., West Virginia Geol. Survey 5(A): 10-11. 1913. - Stevenson, J.A., Mycologia 40: 387-388. 1948 (obit. sketch; d. 15 Jan 1947).