> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 733](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355820) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6944-1) LSID 6944-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3822582) QID Q3822582 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Newberry, John Strong (1822-1892), American botanist and palaeontologist; trained as a physician at Western Reserve College and Cleveland Medical College (M.D. 1848); in Paris 1849-1850; practicing medicine in Cleveland 1851-1855; surgeon and geologist on various transcontinental exploring expeditions into the American West; professor of Geology at Columbia College 1866-1892; LL.D.h.c. Columbia 1867; chief geologist to the Geological Survey of Ohio 1869-1872. **Abbreviated name**: *Newb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Newb.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection US|US]]; further material in [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection K|K]] and [[Collection NY|NY]] (Ives exp.). Palaeobotanical material at [[Collection NY|NY]] (incl. leaf collection; largest set), and [[Collection US|US]] (inf. K. Niklas). Some fossils are also in the Ohio State Geological Museum, Columbus, Ohio. – [[Collection NY|NY]] has a mss. Plants of Summit Co., Ohio (inf. R. Stuckey, P. K. Holmgren). #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 308-309; Barnhart 2: 548; BJI 1: 43; BM 3: 1426-1427; Bossert p. 285; CSP 4: 597-598, 8: 492-493, 10: 915-916, 12: 537, 17: 502-503; De Toni 2: lxxxv; Herder p. 225; Hortus 3: 1200 ("Newb."); IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 136; Lenley p. 313-314; Langman p. 539; ME 1: 214, 3: 630; Merrill p. 480, 541, 707; Morren ed. 10, p. 127; Pennell p. 544; PH p. 506 \[index\]; Quenstedt p. 312; Rehder 5: 617; TL-1/139; TL-2/516, see Hollick, C. A.; Tucker 1: 517-518. #### Eponymy *Newberrya* Torrey (1864). #### Note It is not possible to give here even an approximately complete list of the publications on and by Newberry. Reference is made to the biography by N. L. Britton (1893), to the study by Waller (1943), as well as to CSP 17: 502 and to White (1909) for bibliographical references. A. G., Nature 47: 276-277. 1893 (obit.). Andrews, H. N., The fossil hunters 192-196. 1980. Anon., Bot. Centralbl.53: 128, 272. 1893 (d.); Bot. Not. 1893: 39; Engin. mining J. 17 Dec 1892 (portr.); J. New York Bot. Gard. 2: 151. 1901 (coll. of fossil plants was begun by Newberry at Columbia, transferred to NY on 3 Mai 1901), 3: 27. 1902, 9: 214-216. 1908; Nat. Nov. 15: 51. 1893 (d.). Armstrong, C., Ohio Natural. 1(8): 36-37. 1901. Barnhart, J. H., Mem. Torrey bot. Club 17: 16-17. 1918 (on N. as president of the Torrey bot. Club). Benjamin, M., Sci. Amer. 31 Dec. 1892 (portr.). Brewer, W. H., *in* Watson, S., Bot. Calif: 2: 557. 1880 (coll. Calif.). Britton, N. L., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 20(3): 89-94. 1893 (obit., b. 22 Dec 1822, d. 7 Dec 1892, bibl., epon.). Brown, A. & Britton, N. L., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 20(2): 71. 1893 (resolution). Clarke, J. M., James Hall of Albany 562 \[index\]. 1923. Darrah, W. C., *in* F. Verdoorn, Pl. pl. sci. Lat Amer. 181, 183. 1945. Dawson, J. W., Canad. Rec. Sci. 5: 340-343. 1893 (obit., followed by reprint of obit. by A. G. in Nature.). Ewan, J., Rocky Mt. natural. 272. 1950; *in* Century Progr. nat. sci. 56. 1955. Ewan, J. et al., Leafl. W. Bot. 7(3): 48. 1953; Short hist. Bot. U.S. 103, 105, 106. 1969. Fairchild, H. L., The scientific alliance of New York, Proc. second joint meeting; Trans. New York Acad. Sci. 13: 7-23. 1893 (general biogr.). H. E. H., in H. A. Kelly, Cycl. Arner. med. Biogr. 2: 214-215. s.d. Hollick, A., Monogr. U.S. Geol. Survey 26: 15-20. 1895 (preface to posth. publ. of *Fl. Amboy Clays*). Hughes, K. W., Bibl. Oregon bot. 20. 1940 (bibl.). Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 49 (pl. K). Kemp, J. F., Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 4: 393-406. 1892 (portr., bibl.) (reprint at USGS with mss. annotations by Arthur Hollick); Contr. Geol. Dept. Columbia Coll. 6 (School of Mines Quarterly Jan 1893): 93-113. 1893 (portr., bibl. prepared by N. himself with additions); The scientific alliance of New York, Proc. second joint meeting 23-37. 1893 (bibl.; letters). Knobloch, I. W., Pl. coll. N. Mexico 47. 1979. Le Roy Fairchild, H., Trans. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 12: 152-186. 1893 (memoir, biogr., portr., bibl.). Newberry, J. S., *in* Knight and Parson, Business directory of the city of Cleveland, Ohio 1853; p. 17-36 ("Cleveland, past, present and future," showing N's involvement in the then rapidly expanding city of Cleveland). Poggendorff, J. C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 3: 966. 1898, 4(2): 1069. 1904. Pumpelly, R. 28: 295-296, 394-398. 1893 (obit.). Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 74. 1955. Rodgers, A. D., John Torrey 346 \[index\]. 1942; Amer. bot. 1873-1892, p. 333 \[index\]. 1944. Rusby, H. H., Torreya 6: 108. 1906. Schofield, E. K., Brittonia 30: 404. 1978 (Ive's Colorado Exped. pl. at NY). Stevenson, J. J., Amer. Geologist 12: 1-15.Jul 1893. Thomas, J. H., Huntia 3: 15. 1969. Waller, A. E., Ohio State archaeol. hist. Quart. 1943: 324-346 ("the breadth of vision of Dr. John Strong Newberry" also as reprint). Ward, Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Survey 5: 381-382. 1885. White, C. A., Biogr. mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 6: 1-24. 1909 (biogr., portr., bibl. 212 nos.). Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 180. 1903. ### Publications ##### n.6765. Catalogue of the flowering plants and fems of Ohio **Title** *Catalogue of the flowering plants and fems of Ohio*... Columbus (Richard Nevens, printer) 1860. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. Ohio*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1860, p. \[1\]-41. *Copies*: FH, NY(2), US, USDA. – Reprinted from the Ohio Agricultural Report for 1859, p. 135-273. 1860. *Ref*.: Kellerman, W. A., *in* Geol. Ohio pl. 62. 1895 (on relation J. H. Klippart/Newberry). ##### n.6766. Descriptions of the fossil plants collected by Mr. George Gibbs **Title** *Descriptions of the fossil plants collected by Mr. George Gibbs*,... by Dr. J. S. Newberry... Cambridge (Printed by H. O. Houghton) 1863. Qu. **Notes** *Collector*: George Gibbs (1815-1873), American geologist. *Publ*.: 1863, p. \[1\]-19. *Copy*: USGS. – Reprinted from Boston J. nat. Hist. 7(4): 506-524. 1862 (1863). To be cited from journal. ##### n.6767. Notes on the later extinct floras of North America **Title** *Notes on the later extinct floras of North America*, with descriptions of some new species of fossil plants from the Cretaceous and Tertiary Strata \[Ann. Lyc. nat. Hist. Apr 1868\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1868, Ann. Lyc. nat. Hist. 9: 1-76. Apr 1868. *Copy*: USGS. ##### n.6768. Food and fiber plants of the North American Indians **Title** *Food and fiber plants of the North American Indians*... New York (D. Appleton and Company) 1887. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1887, p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: FH. – Reprinted from Pop. Sci. Mo. 32(1): 31-46. Nov 1887. ##### n.6769. Fossil fishes and fossil plants of the Triassic rocks **Title** *Fossil fishes and fossil plants of the Triassic rocks* of New Jersey and the Connecticut Valley... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1888. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Foss. fish. pl. Triassic*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1888 (TBC 1 Aug 1889), p. \[i\]-xiv, 1-152, *pl. 1-26. Copy*: USGS. – Issued as Monogr. U.S. Geol. Survey vol. 14, 1888. The USGS copy is accompanied by an advertisement (p. i-v) dated 1 Mar 1889. ##### n.6770. The flora of the Amboy Clays **Title** *The flora of the Amboy Clays* by John Strong Newberry a posthumous work edited by Arthur Hollick. Washington (Government Printing Office) 1895. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Amboy Clays*. **Notes** *Editor*: Arthur Hollick (1875-1933), American geologist. *Publ*.: 1896 (t.p. 1895, but publ. 1896 fide F. H. Knowlton 1897), p. \[1\]-260, *pl. 1-58. Copies*: U, USGS. – Issued as Monogr. U.S. Geol. Survey vol. 26, 1895. An advertising pamphlet accompanying the USGS copy (p. i-vi) is dated Dec 1895. *Ref*.: Knowlton, F. H., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24(2): 94-96. 28 Feb 1897 (rev.). ##### n.6771. The later extinct floras of North America **Title** *The later extinct floras of North America* by John Strong Newberry a posthumous work edited by Arthur Hollick. Washington (Government Printing Office) 1898. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Later extinct fl. N. America*. **Notes** *Editor*: Arthur Hollick (1857-1933), American geologist. *Publ*.: 1898 (TBC 22 Dec 1899), p. \[i\]-xvii, \[1\]-295, *pl. 1-58. Copy*: USGS. – Issued as Monogr. U.S. Geol. Surv. vol. 35, 1898.