> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 754](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212796) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11217-1) LSID 11217-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21611792) QID Q21611792 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### 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.