> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 617](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333756) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9699-1) LSID 9699-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5339904) QID Q5339904 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sinnott, Edmund Ware (1888-1968), American botanist; Dr. phil. Harvard 1913; Sheldon Fellow in Australia 1910-1911; at the Bussey Institution, Harvard with I.W. Bailey 1913-1915; professor of botany and genetics at the Connecticut Agricultural College at Storrs (later Univ. Connecticut) 1915-1928; professor of botany and chairman of the department at Barnard College, Columbia University 1928-1940; Sterling professor of botany and director of the Marsh Botanical Garden, Yale University 1940-1945; director of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale Univ. 1945-1950; dean of the Graduate School 1950-1956. **Abbreviated name**: *Sinnott* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sinnott*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]]. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 333; Barnhart 3: 282 (b. 5 Feb 1888); BJI 2: 164; Bossert p. 369; Hirsch p. 276; Langman p. 702; Lenley p. 369; Tucker 1: 779, 2: xxxv, 3: 283. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 3-11, 1921-1967; Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 223: 107-108. 1964; Nat. Cycl. Amer. Biogr. H (1947-1952): 191-192. 1952; Science 122: 1262. 1956 (retirement); Who's who Amer. 9-35, 1916-1969; Who was who Amer. 4: 1065. 1961-1968. - Avery, G.S., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 95: 647-652. 1968 (obit., portr., b. 5 Feb 1888, d. 6 Jan 1968). - Batcheller, F.N., Gloxinian 14(4): 7-8. 1964 (brief biogr. sketch). - Blakeslee, A.F., Scientific Monthly 66(1): 5-8. 1948 (biogr. notice, pres. A.A.A.S. for 1948). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 54. 1969. - Moritz, G., ed., Curr. biogr. Yearb. 1968: 462 (d. 6 Jan 1968). - Rothe, A., ed., Curr. Biogr. 1948: 583-585 (biogr. sketch, portr.). - Sinnottt, E.W., Plant morphogenesis New York, 1960, x, 550 p. (review of the author's field of interest 1920-1960); Plant Sci. Bull. 12(3): 1-4. 1966 ("The past as prelude"). - Sparks, R.L., *in* J.F. Ohles, Biogr. dict. Amer. educ. 3: 1190-1191. 1978. - Wilson, K.S., Pl. Sci. Bull. 14(1): 6-7. 1968 (obit.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 30, 31, 46, 289, 307. 1935, 2: 30, 31, 347. 1936, 3: 30, 309. 1937, 4: 135, 285, 446. 1938, 5: 233, 312. 1939, 6: 44, 139, 163, 164, 421. 1941, 7: 40, 138. 1943. #### Composite works Editor-in-chief American Journal of Botany 1926-1932. #### Thesis *Reproductive structures in the Podocarpineae*, Ann. Bot. 27(15): 39-82, *pl*. 5-5. Jan 1913. ### Publications ##### n.12.029. Botany **Title** *Botany* principles and problems... New York, London (McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.) 1923. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Botany*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1923 (p. xi: Jul 1923; Nat. Nov. Apr 1924), p. \[i\]-xix, 1-385. *Copies*: B-S, NY, USDA. *Ed. 2*: 1929 (p. x: Mai 1929), p. \[i\]-xxi, 1-441. *Copies*: NY. *Ed. 3*: 1935 (J. Bot. Aug 1935; Nat. Nov. Jul 1935), p. \[i\]-xix, 1-525. *Copies*: B-S, BR, MO, NY, USDA (Rev. A.B. Rendle, J. Bot. 73: 237-238. Aug 1935. *Ed. 4*: 1946 (p. x: Jun 1946), p. \[i\]-xvii, 1-726. *Copies*: B, NY, USDA. *Ed. 5*: 1955, p. \[i\]-viii, \[ix-x\], 1-528. *Copy*: BR. *Ed. 6*: s.d. (copyright 1957; USDA rd 25 Jun 1963), p. \[i-xii\], \[1\]-515. *Copies*: G, USDA.