> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 740](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355827) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/24051-1) LSID 24051-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3101551) QID Q3101551 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Nichols, George Elwood (1882-1939), American bryologist and ecologist; Dr. phil. Yale 1909; with Yale from 1904 as assistant, instructor (1909), ass. professor (1915), assoc. professor (1924), Eaton professor of botany 1926-1939. **Abbreviated name**: *Nichols* \[standard form in IPNI: *Nichols*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection YU|YU]]: much material also at [[Collection MICH|MICH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 2; BM 7: 922; Bossert p. 286; GR p. 235; Hirsch p. 213; 1H 2: (in press); Lenley p. 314; LS suppl. 20010; NAF ser. 2. 3: 40, 6: 70; NW p. 54; Pennell p. 615; PH 186, 450; SBC p. 128; Urban-Berl. p. 309. - Anon., Amer. Men Sci. ed. 3: 506. 1921, ed. 5: 824. 1933 (A. B. Yale 1904; Ph. D. 1909, asst. Sheffield sci. School Yale 1904-1909); Bryologist 42: 85. 1939. - Crum, E., The Bryologist, index to vols. 1-60, p. 141. 1959. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U. S. 16, 17, 93, 125. 1969. - Gager, C. S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 356. 1938 (dir. Marsh bot. gard., Yale Univ., from 1927). - Humphrey, H. B., Makers N. Amer. bot. 188-189. 1961 (b. 12 Apr 1882; biogr. notice). - La Rue, G. R., et al., Univ. Mich. Senate Rec. 4: 186-189. 1941. - Lutz, H. J., Amer. J. Sci. 237: 609-610. 1939 (b. 12 Apr 1882, d. 20 Jun 1939; obit.) - Nichols, G. E., Ann. Rept. Smiths. Inst. 1918: 221-234 (suitability of Sphagnum for surgical dressings; World War I research), see also his "war work for bryologists" and "... surgical Spagnum" *in* Bryologist 21: 53-56, 81-84. 1918 and J. New York Bot Gard. 19: 203-220. 1918. - Polunin, N., J. Ecol. 30(1): 202-205. 1942 (appreciation). - Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 74-75. 1955. - Rouleau, E., Rhodora, index vols. 1-50, p. 369. 1953. - Schuster, R. M., Hep. Anthoc. N. Amer. 1: 83-84. 1966. - Steere, W. C., Bryologist 42: 137-142. 1939 (obit., portr., bibl.); Chron. bot. 6(7): 164. 1940 (obit.; taught summer courses at Univ. Mich. Biol. Station 1920-1938; Bot. Rev. 43: 287, 292, 330-332. 1977 (personal recollections). - Verdoorn, F., Ann. bryol. 12: viii. 1939. ### Publications ##### n.6782. The bryophytes of Connecticut **Title** *The bryophytes of Connecticut*... Hartford (printed for the State Geological and Natural History Survey) 1908. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bryoph. Connecticut*. **Notes** *Co-Author*: Alexander William Evans (1868-1959). *Publ*.: 1908, p. \[i\]-203. *Copies*: FI, MICH, MO-Steere, NY. – State of Connecticut Publ. Doc. 47, State Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey Bull. 11: 1-203. 1908. *Additons*: "Notes on Connecticut mosses," Rhodora 12: 146-154. 1910, 13: 40-46. 1911, 14: 45-52. 1912, 15: 3-13. 1913. *Ref*.: Howe, M. A., Torreya 9: 36-37. 22 Feb 1909. - Grout, A. J., Bryologist 12: 36-37. 3 Mar 1909.