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### Author
Caldwell, Otis William (1869-1947), American botanist (plant morphologist) born at Lebanon, Indiana, B.S. at Franklin College 1894, Ph.D. at University of Chicago 1898, assistant-botanist ib. 1897-1899, head of the department of biology at East Ill. Nor. Sch., associate prof. of botany at University of Chicago 1907-1913, id. prof. and dean at University College 1913-1917, LLD 1917, prof. of education Teachers College, Columbia, 1917-1935, emer. prof. 1936.
**Abbreviated name**: *O.W. Caldwell*
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 299 (b. 18 Dec 1869, Lebanon, Ind.); BJI 2: 25.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. 7: 266. 1944; Who's who in America 25: 374. 1948-1949.
- Castellanos, A. and R.A. Perez- Moreau, Lilloa 6: 123. 1941.
- Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 63. 1972 (b. 18 Dec 1869, Lebanon, Indiana, d. 5 Jul 1947, New Milford, Connecticut).
- Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 93. 1984.
### Publications
##### n.24.113. life-history of Lemna ninor
**Title**
The *life-history of Lemna ninor*... Chicago (The University of Chicago Press) 1899. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 21 Jan 1899 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 37-66. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 27(1): 37-66. 1899.
##### n.24.114. identity of Microcycas calocoma
**Title**
The *identity of Microcycas calocoma*... Botanical Gazette... Printed at the University of Chicago Press. \[Chicago\] 1907. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Charles Fuller Baker (1872-1927), see TL-2/1: 102-103 and suppl. 1: 274-275.
*Publ*.: 16 Mai 1907 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[330\]-335. *Copies*: B, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 43(5): 330-335. 1907.
##### n.24.115. Microcycas calocoma
**Title**
*Microcycas calocoma*. Contributions from the Hull Laboratory xcvii... \[Printed at the University of Chicago Press...\] 1907. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 16 Aug 1907 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 118-141, *pl. 10-13* (uncol.). *Copies*: B, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 44(2): 118-141, *pl. 10-13.* 1907. – Also issued as Contr. Hull Lab. no. 97.
*Ref*.: Karsten, H., Bot. Zeit. 66(2): 70-72. 16 Feb 1908 (rev.).
- Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. 40(Lit.): 74. 1908. (rev.).