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### Author
Visher, Stephen Sargent (1887-1967), American geographer and botanist; B.S. Univ. Chicago 1909, Dr. phil. ib. 1914; instructor in geology Univ. South Dakota 1910-1913; professor of geography State College Moorhead, Minn. 1915-1917; assistant professor Indiana Univ. 1919-1922, associate professor 1922-1936, professor from 1936.
**Abbreviated name**: *Visher* \[standard form in IPNI: *Visher*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection IND|IND]]; further material at [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection RM|RM]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 440 (b. 15 Dec 1887); BL 1: 214, 322; GR p. 251; IH 2: 631; PH 450.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 3-10, 1921-1961; Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 249: 700. 1964; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 212: 542-543. 1972; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966, 4: 431. 1969; Natl. Cycl. Amer. Biogr. 53: 493-494. 1971; Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 77: 44-46. 1968 (obit., portr., d. 25 Oct 1967); Who's who Amer. 1921-1967.
- Nickles, J.M., Bibl. N. Amer. Geol. 1919-1928. 635. 1931.
- Pruitt, C.M., Science Education 51: 427-428. 1967.
- Rose, J.K., Ann. Ass. Amer. Geogr. 61(2): 394-406. 1971 (obit., portr., bibl.).
- Visher, S.S., Indiana scientists, a biographical directory... Indianapolis 1951, viii, 286 p.
#### Composite works
*The biology of South-Central South Dakota, in* Bull. S. Dakota Geol. Biol. Surv. 5: \[61\]-130. Jun 1912 (A preliminary report upon the geography, geology and biology of Melette, Washabauh, Bennet and Todd Counties South-Central South Dakota, by Ellwood C. Perisho.
### Publications
##### n.16.225. A preliminary report on the biology of Harding County
**Title**
*A preliminary report on the biology of Harding County* Northwestern South Dakota... Pierre S.D. (State Publishing Co.) 1914. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1914, p. \[1\]-126, *pl. 1-6. Copies*: NY, PH. – S. Dakota Geol.-Surv. Bull. 6, 1914; plant list on p. 32-68.
##### n.16.226. The biogeography of the Northern Great Plains
**Title**
*The biogeography of the Northern Great Plains*... New York (American Geographical Society...) 1916. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Aug 1916, cover-t.p., p. 89-115. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Geogr. Rev. 2(2): 89-115. 1916.
*Note*: S.S. Visher, *The geography of South Dakota*, S. Dak. Geol. nat. hist. Surv. Bull. 8: 1-189. Jul 1918, contains a chapter on biogeography.