> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 114](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066454) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11449-1) LSID 11449-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8344897) QID Q8344897 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Weatherby, Charles Alfred (1875-1949), American botanist (pteridologist) living at Hartford 1899-1929; A.B. Harvard 1897, A.M. 1898; voluntary assistant Gray Herbarium 1908, 1909, 1911, 1915; part time assistant ib. 1917-1929; ; full time assistant ib. 1929-1935; assistant curator 1931-1937, senior curator 1937-1940; in retirement research associate Gray Herbarium 1940-1949. **Abbreviated name**: *Weath.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Weath.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NCBS|NCBS]], [[Collection GH|GH]]; further material [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection LAM|LAM]], [[Collection NEBC|NEBC]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection US|US]] (1554). – *Manuscripts, correspondence*: [[Collection GH|GH]]. – *Letters* at (e.g.) [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection NY|NY]] 46 letters to Barnhart). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 467 (b. 25 Dec 1875, d. 12 Jun 1949); BJI 2: 187; BL 1: 171, 197, 213, 323; Bossert p. 428; GR p. 252; Hirsch p. 317; Hortus 3: 1206; IF suppl. 3: 219, suppl. 4: 348; IH 1 (ed. 6): 365, (ed. 7): 345; Langman p. 793; Lenley p. 429; MW p. 526; MW suppl. p. 393; NW p. 61; PH 209; SIA see index; TL-2/2115, 12.659, see E.H. Scamman, B. Shimek; Tucker 3: 327-328; Zander ed. 10, p. 730, ed. 11, P. 833. #### Biofile - Anon, Amer. men Sci. eds. 3-8. 1921-1949; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 467-470. 1969; Natl. Cycl. Amer. biogr. 28: 138-139. 1953 (portr.); New York Times 22 Jun 1949; Who's who in America 23-25. 1944-1949; Who was who Amer. 2: 562. 1950. - Camp, W.H., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 77: 144-145. 1949. - Fernald, M.L. & B.C. Schubert, Rhodora 51: 169-191. 1949 (obit., portr., bibl. 300 nos.). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon Index Vols. 1-30. 778. 1985. - McWhood, L., Charles Alfred Weatherby (1875-1945) papers. Cambridge, Mass. Gray herbarium, July 1982, 20 p. - Rollins, R.C., Taxon 1: 3. 1951 (obit.). - Svenson, H.K., Amer. Fern J. 40(1): 2-8. 1950 (obit., portr.); Brit. Fern Gaz. 7(11): 269-270. 1950 (obit.). - Tryon, R.M., Amer. Fern J. 40(1): 9-10. 1950. - Verdoorn, F. et al., Chron. bot. 478 (index). 1935, 3: 27, 161, 293. 1937, 4: 452. 1938, 5: 302, 369. 1939. - Weatherby, U.F., Charles Alfred Weatherby. Cambridge, Mass. 1951, 189 p. (portr.). - Wiggins, I.L., Amer. Fern J. 40(1): 11-16. 1950 (tribute). #### Composite works - (1) Editor, *American Fern Journal* 5(1)-30(4). 1915-1940. - (2) With M.L. Fernald, *Proposed amendment to the international rules of botanical nomenclature, *Rhodora 31: 91-96. 1929. - (3) With A. Rehder, R. Mansfeld and M.L. Green, *Conservation of later generic homonyms, *Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1935: 341-544 (letter by Weatherby). - (4) With W.H. Camp and H.W. Rickett, *International rules of botanical nomenclature*, Brittonia 6: 1-120. 1947, second printing Chronica botanica Cy., Waltham 1948. – See also W.H. Camp, H.W. Rickett and C.A. Weatherby, *Proposed changes in the International rules of botanical nomenclature*, Brittonia 7: 1-51. 1949 and C.A. Weatherby, *Botanical nomenclature since 1867*, Amer. J. Bot. 36: 5-7. 1949. for preliminary document see no. (12). - (5) Major share in preparation of the Gray Herbarium Card Index. - (6) Editor, systematic section, Amer. J. Bot. 1936-1941. - (7) With C.B. Graves et al., *Cat. pl. Connecticut* 1910, TL-2/2115. - (8) With E.B. Harger et al., *Additions to the Flora of Connecticut*, Bull. Conn. State Geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 48, 1930, 94, vii p. sub TL-2/2115. – See Torreya 31: 52-53. 17 Apr 931. - (9) *Changes in the nomenclature of the Grafs Manual ferns*, Rhodora 21: 173-179. 1919. - (10) *Filices, in* J.M.Johnston, *Papers on the flora of Northern Chile*, Contr. Gray Herb. 85: 13-17. *pl. 2.* 1929. - (11) *A list of type specimens in Elliott's herbarium*, Rhodora 44: 249-264. Contr. Gray Herb. 141. - (12) With H.W. Rickett and W.H. Camp, *Ballots for proposed amendments to the International rules of botanical nomenclature* 1948, mimeogr., 150 p. (preliminary coples released 27 Mai 1948. *Copy*: FAS. - (13) *Botanical nomenclature since 1867, in* Symposium on botanical nomenclature, E.E. Sherff et al., Amer. J. Bot 36(1): 5-7. 1949. #### Note - (1) Weatherby's collections were often made together with his wife Una Leonora Weatherby, née Foster, 1879 (? 1877)-1957. Obituary: A.F. Tryon, Amer. Fern J. 48(4): 129-135. 1958. - (2) Weatherby was a member of the *International Committee on Nomenclature of plants* set up at the Amsterdam Int. botanical Congress, 1935. #### Eponymy *Weatherbya* Copeland (1947). ### Publications ##### n.16.849. The genus Puccinellia in Eastern North America... **Title** *The genus Puccinellia in Eastern North America...* Reprinted from Rhodora... 1916. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*. Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1873-1950) see TL-2/1: 825-826. *Publ*.: 31 Jan 1916, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-23, *pl. 114-uy. Copy*: US. – Reprinted from Rhodora 18(205): \[1\]-23, *pl. 114-uy.* 1916, also issued as Contr. Gray Herb. ser. 2. 46. 1916. ##### n.16.850. Additions to the flora of Connecticut... **Title** *Additions to the flora of Connecticut...* Reprinted from Rhodora... 1917. Oct. **Notes** *Authorship*: E.B.Harger, C.B. Graves, E.H. Eames, C.H. Bissell, L. Andrews, C.A. Weatherby. *Publ*.: Jun, Jul, Oct, Nov 1917 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[105\]-110, 119-130, 224-232, 245-253. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 19: 105-110. Jun, 119-130. Jul, 224-232. Oct, 245-253. Nov 1917. ##### n.16.851. A list of varieties and forms of the ferns of Eastern North America... **Title** *A list of varieties and forms of the ferns of Eastern North America...* Reprinted from the American Fern Journal... 1935. Oct. **Notes** \[*1*\]: 22 Jun 1935, p. \[45\]-51. – Reprinted from Amer. Fern J. 25: 45-51. 1935. \[*2*\]: 19 Aug 1935, p. \[95\]-100. – Id. 25: 95-100. 1935. \[*3*\]: 4 Apr 1936, p. \[11\]-16. – Id. 26: 11-16. 1936. \[*4*\]: 21 Jul 1936, p. \[60\]-69 and *pl. 6*– Id. 26: 60-69, *pl. 6.* 1936. \[*5*\]: 29 Oct 1936, p. \[941-99. – Id. 26: 94-99. 1936. \[*6*\]: 16 Dec 1936, p. \[131\]-136. – Id. 26: 131-136. 1936. \[*7*\]: 27 Mar 1937, p. \[20\]-24. – Id. 27: 20-24. 1937. \[*8*\]: 5 Jun 1937, p. \[511-56. – Id. 27: 51-56. 1937. ##### n.16.852. On certain type specimens in ferns... **Title** *On certain type specimens in ferns...* Reprinted... from Contr. Gray Herb.... 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 16 Feb 1939, p. \[13\]-22, *pl. 4. Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Contr. Gray Herb. 124: 13-22, *pl. 4.* 1939. *Reprint* including *The group of Poly podium polypodioides*: 16 Feb 1939, p. \[13\]-35, *pl. 4. Copies*: HH, NY. – Id. 124: 13-35, *pl. 4.* 1939. ##### n.16.853. The Argentine species of "Notholaena"... **Title** *The Argentine species of "Notholaena"...* Buenos Aires (Imprenta y casa editora "Coni"...) 1941. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 12 Nov 1941, p. \[i\], \[251\]-275, *pl. 1-4. Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Lilloa 6: 251-275. 1941. ##### n.16.854. A list of the vascular plants of Grand Manan **Title** *A list of the vascular plants of Grand Manan*, Charlotte County, New Brunswick... Cambridge, Mass. (Published by the Gray Herbarium...) 1945. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *List pl. Grand Manan*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 25 Oct 1945, p. \[1\]-96. *Copy*: US. – Issued as Contr. Gray Herb. Harvard Univ. 158. 1945.