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### Author
Steere, William Campbell (1907-x), American botanist; Dr. phil. Univ. Mich. 1932; instructor in botany Univ. Mich. 1931-1936, asst. prof. 1936-1942, assoc. prof. 1942-1946, full prof. 1946-1950; chairman Botany Dept. 1947-1950; prof. Biol. Stanford Univ. 1950-1958, with National Science Foundation 1954-1955; Dean Graduate Div., Stanford Univ., 1955-1958; director New York Botanical Garden 1958-1968, exec. dir. 1968-1970, president 1970-1972, president emeritus 1973-x; leading bryologist and specialist on arctic and tropical American bryology; Dr. sci. h.c. Univ. Montreal 1959, id. Michigan 1962, idem Alaska 1982.
**Abbreviated name**: *Steere* \[standard form in IPNI: *Steere*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection NY|NY]] (from 1958), [[Collection NY|NY]]-DS (1950-1958), [[Collection MICH|MICH]] (to 1950). Other material at [[Collection ALA|ALA]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LA|LA]], [[Collection LCU|LCU]], [[Collection MEDEL|MEDEL]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]] (before 1958), [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection QK|QK]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection US|US]].
*Exsiccatae*: Bryophyta arctica exsiccata, fasc, 1 (nos. 1-50), 1975-x (fasc. 1-2 with K.A. Holmen). Sets e.g. at [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection NY|NY]]. *Correspondence* at [[Collection NY|NY]]; other *letters* at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection HU|HU]], SIA. *Field notes*: [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection US|US]] (Cinchona project).
#### Bibliography and biography
Andrews p. 335; Barnhart 3: 320 (b. 4 Nov 1907); BFM 3270; Bossert p. 381; IH 1 (ed. 1): 89, (ed. 2): 112, (ed. 3): 144, (ed. 4): 122, (ed. 5): 130, (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 343, 2: files; Lenley p. 383-385; PH 558; Roon p. 107; SBC p. 132; SIA see catalogue; TL-2/788, 3263, see Karl Müller (Halle).
#### Biofile
- Acosta-Solis, M., Natural. Viaj. ci. Ecuador 72, 124. 1968.
- Anon., Amer. men Sci. ed. 6: 1352. 1938, ed. 7: 1697. 1944, ed. 8: 2379. 1949, ed. 9(2): 1079. 1955, ed. 10: 3896. 1961, ed. 11: 5136. 1967, ed. 12(6): 6082. 1973, ed. 13: 4282-4283. 1978, ed. 14(6): 4875. 1979, ed. 15(6): 963; Bioscience 6(3): 1-2. 1977 (G. Miles Conrad award), 27(5): 346. 1977 (award, portr.); Fl. males. Bull. 14: 626. 1959 (dir. NY); Garden J., New York 8: 33, 146. 1958 (app. NY), 9: 221-222. 1959 (dr. phil. h.c. Montréal; biogr. sketch); New York Bot. Gard. Ann. Rep. 1971-1972: \[1\] p. 1973 (portr.); Rev. bryol. 4: 48. 1931, 6: 212, 216. 1933, 7: 129. 1934, 8: 119, 124. 1935, 9: 159. 1936. 10: 103, 107, 108. 1937, 11: 121, 127. 1938, 18: 96, 194. 1949, 19: 129, 242, 248, 249, 252. 1950, 20: 306. 1951, 21: 190, 296, 302. 1952, 23: 233, 331. 1954, 25: 195, 309, 391, 402. 1956, 30: 295. 1961, 32: 300, 303, 321. 1963, 34: 391, 940. 1967, 36: 359. 1968, 37: 995. 1971, 38: 609, 624. 1972, 39: 196, 510. 1973, 40: 94, 192, 242, 299. 1974, 41: 506, 519, 521. 1975 (biogr. and bibl. notes); Science 153: 1678, 1679. 1966 (portr.); Taxon 3: 215. 1954 (with Natl. Sci. Found.), 32: 162. 1983 (Dr. phil. h.c. Univ. Alaska); The New Yorker 36: 33-35. 1960.; Who's who Amer. 26: 2626. 1950-1951, 27: 2312. 1952-1953, 28: 2547. 1954-1955, 29: 2453. 1956-1957, 30: 2637. 1958-1959, 31: 2761. 1960-1961, 32: 2985. 1962-1963, 33: 1917. 1964-1965, 34: 2035. 1966-1967, 35: 2088. 1968-1969, 36: 2177. 1970-1971, 37: 3030. 1972-1973, 38: 2944. 1974-1975, 39: 3001. 1976-1977, 40: 3102. 1978-1979, 41: 3157. 1980-1981, 42: 3195-1982-1983.
- Buck, W.R., Publications of William Campbell Steere (in press for Evol. Biol. 17, 1985) (main bibl.).
- Crum, H., Bryologist 80(4): 661-694. 1977 (biogr., bibl., portr.).
- Donelly, W.A. et al., The University of Michigan 1450-1451. 1956 (activities at MICH).
- Hansell, D.H., News release New York Bot. Gard. 1 Jul 1958, 2p. (curr. vit.).
- Harding, C.B., Garden J., New York 26(1): 5-6. 1976 (portr.).
- Irwin, H.S. et al., Brittonia 30: 1-15. 1978 (tributes 70th birthday).
- Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 699. 1985.
- Reed, J.R., Taxon 27: 136. 1978 (bryological library W.C.S. to MO).
- Rudolph, E.D., *in* Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 93, 94, 95, 96. 1969.
- Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 518. 1977.
- Schuster, R.M., Hep. Anthoc. N. Amer. 1: 101-102. 1966.
- Steere, W.C., Publications by William C. Steere 1931-1956, \[Stanford Calif. 1956\], mimeogr. (bibl.).
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 281, 377. 1935, 2: 331, 332. 1936, 3: 295, 311, 367. 1937, 4: 595 \[index\]. 1938, 5: 113, 173, 369, 444, 512. 1939, 6: 164. 1941, 7: 356, 444. 1943.
#### Composite works
- (1) Introduction to facsimile ed. of A. Jaeger and F.W. Sauerbeck, *Gen. sp. musc*. 1869-1880, TL-2/3263.
- (2) Editor, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, 1936-1940.
- (3) Associate editor, *Annales bryologici*, 1938-1942.
- (4) Editor-in-chief, *The Bryologist* 1938-1954, associate editor 1960-1967.
- (5) Editor-in-chief, *American Journal of Botany*, 1853-1957.
- (6) Contributed to A.J. Grout, *Moss fl. N. Amer*.: *Erpodiaceae*, 2(2): 103-106, *pl. 44*. 1935 (see also Bryologist 37: 74-75, 96-101. 1934), *Calymperaceae*, 1(2): 129-134, *pl. 65-68*. 1937. *Didymodon, Barbuta*, 1(3): 173-191. *pl. 86-90*. 1938. *Tortula*, 1(4): 228-246, *pl. 103a, 111-118*. 1939.
- (7) *Musci*, in *Botany of the Canadian Eastern Arctic*, Natl. Mus. Canada, Bull. 97: 370-490. 1947.
#### Festschrift
Bryologist 80, 1977; Brittonia 30, 1978.
#### Eponymy
*Steereocolea* Schuster (1968); *Steerea* S. Hattori & Kamimura (1971); *Steereobryon* G.L. Smith (1971); *Steerella* Kuwahara (1973), Mt. Steere, Antarctica.
#### Main bibliography
see Buck, W.R. (1985, in press) and Crum (1977, p. 686-693). – Major publication outside our period e.g. *Contribution to the Bryogeography of Ecuador*, Bryologist 51: 65-167. 1948; *The mosses of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands* (with H.A. Crum) 1957; mosses of arctic Alaska, 6 Apr 1978; with H.A. Crum, *New combinations and new taxa of mosses proposed by Nils Conrad Kindberg*, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 28(2): 1-220. 1977; *North American muscology and muscologists*, Bot. Rev. 43: 285-343. 1977 (1978); *The Hepaticae of arctic Alaska* (with H. Inoue), J. Hattori bot. Lab. 44: 251-345. 1978.
#### Thesis
*Chromosome behavior in triploid Petunia hybrids*. Univ. Michigan 1932, iv, 56 p., *pl. 1-3*, typescript. See also Pap. Mich. Acad. Sci. Arb. Letters 13: 213-215. *pl. 32-34*. 1930 and Amer. J. Bot. 19: 340-357, *pl. 23-25*. 1932.
### Publications
##### n.12.891. Mosses of British Honduras
**Title**
*Mosses of British Honduras* and the Department of Petén, Guatemala... Extrait de la Revue bryologique et lichénologique... 1934. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1934, p. \[28\]-41. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rev. bryol. lichénol. 7(1-2): 28-41. 1934.
*Part 2*: Feb 1938, Annales bryologici 10: 115-123. 1938.
##### n.12.892. The mosses of Yucatán
**Title**
*The mosses of Yucatán*... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany... 1935. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mar 1935, cover-t.p., p. 395-408. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 22: 395-408. 1935.
##### n.12.893. Mosses on the G. Allan Hancock Expedition
**Title**
*Mosses on the G. Allan Hancock Expedition* of 1934, collected by Wm. R. Taylor... Los Angeles, California (The University of Southern California Press) 1936. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Feb 1936, p. \[i-ii\], 1-12, *pl. I. Copies*: G, NY. – The Hancock Pacific Expeditions 3(1). 1936.
##### n.12.894. Barbala in North America
**Title**
*Barbala in North America* north of Mexico... separately printed,... from Bulletin of the Torrey botanical Club... 1939. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Feb 1939, cover-t.p., p. 93-119. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 66: 93-119. 1939.
##### n.12.895. Liverworts of Southern Michigan
**Title**
*Liverworts of Southern Michigan*... Cranbrook Institute of Science Bulletin no. 17. January 1940. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Liverw. S. Michigan*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1940, p. \[1\]-97. *Copies*: FAS, FH, H, NY, U. – New printing 1950.
##### n.12.896. Bryophyta of Canadian arctic
**Title**
Habitat of the Eskimos. Flora arctica. *Bryophyta of Canadian arctic* collection by Father Artheme Dutilly,... identified and annotated by William Campbell Steere... \[Herbiers des missions... de Marie-immaculée\]; Scolasticat Notre Dame, Village Richelieu, P.Q. Canada, 1941\].
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1941, p. \[3\]-31 (p. 6: portr. A. Dutilly). *Copies*: G, NY.