> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 568](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333707) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9591-1) LSID 9591-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15474732) QID Q15474732 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Short, Charles Wilkins (1794-1863), American botanist and physician; Dr. med. Univ. Pennsylvania 1815; practiced at Lexington and Hopkinsville, Kentucky 1816-1825; professor of materia medica and medical botany Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1825; dean of the medical dept. ib. 1828-1837; dean of the Louisville Medical Institute, 1838-1849; in retirement at his estate "Hayfield" south of Louisville. **Abbreviated name**: *Short* \[standard form in IPNI: *Short*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection PH|PH]] (15.000; acq. 1864); further material at [[Collection BM|BM]](406), [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection CINC|CINC]], [[Collection CM|CM]], [[Collection DWC|DWC]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KNOX|KNOX]], [[Collection KY|KY]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection TCD|TCD]] (lich.), [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WIS|WIS]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]] and [[Collection GH|GH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 531; Barnhart 3: 273 (b. 6 Oct 1794, d. 7 Mar 1863); BM 4: 1916; Bossert p. 365; DAB 17: 127-128; Herder p. 77; IH 1 (ed. 7): 342, 2: (files); Jackson p. 6, 218, 363; Lasègue p. 349; Lenley p. 469 (corr. Torrey); ME 1: 229, 3: 654; PH 364, 567; PR 8654; Rehder 5: 797; SIA 221; Tucker 1: 145, 648-649, 3: 279. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 2: 2090. 1878. - Anon., Amer. J. Sci. ser. 2. 35: 451. 1863 (d.); J. Bot. 1: 190. 1863 (d.); Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 135-136. 1866 (obit.); Who was who Amer. 1607-1896: 553. 1967. - Barnhart, J.H., Torreya 9: 256. 1909 (portr., daguerrotype 1853). - Boewe, C., Filson Club hist. Quart. 35: 28-32. 1961 (Rafinesque and Short). - Brown, J.H., Lamb'sbiogr. dict. U.S. 7: 69. 1903. - Coker, N.C., J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 57: 98-168. 1941 (letters). - Davies, P.A., Filson Club Hist. Quart. 19(3): 131-155. 1945 (detailed biogr., many data from archival material from Filson Club collection), 19(4): 208-249. 1945 (materials relating to Short from Filson Club, Univ. Louisville; bibl.). - Elliott, C.A., Biogr. dict. Amer. sci. 235-236. 1979. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 41. 1969. - Geiser, S.W., Natural. Frontier 30, 48, 252-254. 1948. - Graustein, J.E., Thomas Nuttall 478 \[index\]. 1967. - Gray, A., Amer. J. Sci. ser. 2. 36: 130-132. 1863; Sci. papers 2: 312-314. 1889 and separately s.d. \[3\] p. - Gray, J.L., Letters A. Gray 411, 447, 498. 1893. - Gross, Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 10: 171-186. 1869. - Kelly, H.A., Cycl. Amer. med. biogr. 2: 370-371. 1912 (biogr., portr.); mer. med. biogr. 1048-1049. 1920; Some Amer. med. bot. 129-135. 1914, 1929. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 666. 1985. - McKelvey, S.D., Bot. expl. Trans. Miss. West 1138 \[index\]. 1955. - Mears, J.A., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 122(3): 155. 1978 (herb. PH). - O'Gorman, M.V., Garden, New York 2(2): 7-10, 28. 1978 (The elusive *Shortia*). - Rodgers, A.D., William Starling Sullivant 357 \[index\]. 1940; John Torrey 349 \[index\]. 1942. - Stuckey, R.L., Introduction to "Scientific publication of Charles Wilkins Short", New York, Arno Press, 1978; Trans. Stud. Coll. Physic. Philadelphia 266-269. 1978 (evaluation); Trans. Stud. Coll. Physic. Philadelphia ser. 5. 5(3): 213-243. 1983 (W. Darlington's contacts with W. Amer. frontier; portr.); mss. entry for Biogr. dict. N. Amer. environmentalists (in press). - Titley, J., Stechert-Hafner Book News 1964: 19, 29-31 (on S. amd the medical journals). - Wilson, J.G. & J. Fiske, Applet. Cycl. Amer. biogr. 5: 516. 1888. #### Composite works Editor, with John Esten Cooke, of vols. 1-4, 1828-1831, of *Transylvania Journal of medicine and the associate Sciences*, Lexington (*copy* at PH). #### Handwriting Bartonia 28: *pl. 8.* 1957. #### Eponymy *Shortia* Rafinesque (1840, *nom. rej.*); *Shortia* Torrey et A. Gray (1842, *nom. cons.*); *Shortiopsis* Hayata (1913). ### Publications ##### n.11.907. Florula lexingtoniensis **Title** Art, x. – *Florula lexingtoniensis*, secundum florendi aetatem digesta; or a descriptive catalogue of the phaenogamous plants indigenous to this portion of Kentucky; arranged in the order of their periods of flowering... \[4 fasc. in Transylv. J. Med. 1(2-4). 1828 and 2(3) 1829\]. Oct. **Notes** *Fasc*. 1 Mai 1828 (in journal), p. \[250\]-265, in journal 1(2). – Davies (1945) no. 3. *Fasc. 2*: Aug 1828 (in journal), p. \[407\]-422, in 1(3). – Davies (1945) no. 5. *Fasc*. 3: Nov 1828 (in journal), p. \[560\]-575, in 1(4). – Davies (1945) no. 7. *Fasc. 4*: Aug 1829 (in journal), p. \[438\]-453, in 2(3). – Davies (1945) no. 9. *Copy* (journal issue): MICH. *Facsimile ed., in* R.L. Stuckey, ed., Sci. publ. C.W. Short 1978. ##### n.11.908. Prodromus florulae lexingtoniensis **Title** Art. iv – *Prodromus florulae lexingtoniensis*, secundum florendi aetatem digestae... \[Transylv. J. Med. 1(1): 92-99. Feb 1828\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb 1828, p. 92-99, in journal as above. No copy with separate pagination seen by us; journal issue seen at HH, MICH. – Davies (1945), no. 1. *Facsimile ed. in* R.S. Stuckey, ed., Sci. publ. C.W. Short 1978. ##### n.11.909. Catalogue of the native phaenogamous plants and ferns of Kentucky **Title** *Catalogue of the native phaenogamous plants and ferns of Kentucky*. From the Transylvania Journal of Medicine, &c. Lexington, Ky. (printed by J. Clarke & Co.) 1833. Oct. **Notes** *Co-authors*: Robert Peter (1805-1894), Henry A. Griswold (*fl*. 1835). *Publ*.: Dec 1833 (in journal), p. \[1\]-14. *Copies*: HH, MO, PH; – Reprinted and to be cited from Transylv. J. Med. 6(4): 490-501. Dec 1833. – Davies (1945) no. 17. *Suppl. cat.*: id. 7(4): \[598\]-600. Dec 1834. – "A supplementary catalogue of the plants of Kentucky. By professors Short and Peter". – Davies (1945) no. 18. *Second suppl. cat.*: Dec 1835 (in journal), p. \[1\]-8. *Copies*: HH, MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from id. 8(4): 575-582. Dec 1835. – "A second supplementary catalogue, of the plants of Kentucky. \[From the Transylvania Journal of Medicine, &c, no. xxxii\]". – Davies (1945) no. 21. *Third suppl. cat.*: Sep 1837 (in journal), p. \[335\]-340. *Copies*: HH, MO. – Id. 10(3): \[435-440\]. Sep 1837. – "A third... Kentucky. By C.W. Short,... \[From the Transylvania ... vol. x\]". – Davies (1945) no. 23. *Fourth suppl. cat.*: Sep 1840, p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from West. J. Med. Surg. 2: 283-288. 1840. – Davies (1945) no. 27. *Copies of journal publ*.: MICH. *Facsimile ed*.: in R.L. Stuckey, ed., Sci. publ. C.W. Short. ##### n.11.910. A sketch of the progress of botany in Western America **Title** *A sketch of the progress of botany in Western America*... Lexington, Ky. (J. Clarke & Co....) 1836. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1836 (p. 30: Aug 1836; journal issue for Aug 1836), p. \[1\]-30. *Copies*: MO, PH. –Reprinted from the Transylv. J. Med. assoc. Sci. 9(2): 324-350. 1836. – Also in W.J. Hooker, J. Bot. 3: 97-124. 1841. – Davies (1945) no. 22. *Facsimile ed*.: in R.L. Stuckey, ed., Sci. publ. C.W. Short 1978. ##### n.11.911. Observations on the botany of Illinois **Title** Art. i. – *Observations on the botany of Illinois*, more especially in reference to the autumnal flora of the prairies. In a letter to Daniel Drake, M.D. &c.... From the Western Journal of medicine and Surgery;... March 1845. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1845 (on t.p. reprint), p. \[1\]-14. *Copies*: MO, PH. – Reprinted (or preprinted) from West. J. med. Surg. ser. 2. 3(3): 185-198. 1845. – Davies (1945) no. 28. *Facsimile ed*. in R.L. Stuckey, ed., Sci. publ. C.W. Short 1978. ##### n.11.912. Scientific publications of Charles Wilkins Short **Title** *Scientific publications of Charles Wilkins Short* edited with an introduction by Ronald L. Stuckey. New York (Arno Press...) 1978. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1978, p. \[i\*-iv\*, introd. by R.L. Stuckey\], i-xi, followed by facsimile reprints of Short's publications on floristic and medical botany, botanical nomenclature, history and bibliography, biographical sketches and public lectures to medical students, preceded by a facsimile of S.D. Gross, Obituary notice of Charles Wilkins Short, M.D., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 10: 171-186. 1865 (1869). – ISBN 0-405-10721-8. *Copy*: G.