> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 256](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066596) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11629-1) LSID 11629-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18911341) QID Q18911341 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Whitford, Harry Nichols (1872-1941), American forester and botanist; M.S. Kansas State Agric. Coll. 1900; Dr. phil. Chicago 1903; instructor in biology Armour Inst. 1898-1900; assistant in botany Chicago 1900-1904; collector Bureau of Science, Philippine Isl. 1904-1906; chief div. investig. Bur. Forestry ib. 1906-1912; assistant professor of forestry ib. 1910-1912; forester in Canada 1913-1916; asst. professor of tropical forestry Yale 1916-1923; chief crude rubber Survey U.S. Dept. Commerce 1923-1925; manager crude rubber div., Rubber manuf. Ass. from 1925. **Abbreviated name**: *Whitford* \[standard form in IPNI: *Whitford*\] #### Herbarium and types Material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection KSA|KSA]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PNH|PNH]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection TUR|TUR]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection Y|Y]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 624; Barnhart 3: 488 (b. 11 Mar 1872, d. 16 Mai 1941); BJI 2: 190; BL 1: 123, 324; BM 8: 1427; Ewan ed. 1: 335; Langman p. 802; LS p. 473; NW p. 61; SK 1: 572, 4: cxxxii, 5: cccxxxii; Tucker 1: 743, 3: 334; Urban-Berl. p. 409. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 1-6, 1906-1938; Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 256: 937. 1965; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 222: 526-527. 1975; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 522-523. 1969; Nat. Nov. 23: 519. 1901 (app. Chicago); Science ser. 2. 93. 491. 1941 (d.); The New York Times 18 Mai 1941. - Leonard, J.W., Men of America 2137-2138. 1908. - Merrill, E.D., Enum. Philipp. pl. 4: 238-239. 1926 (publ.). - Quisumbing, E., Philipp. geogr. J. 8: 35-36. 1964. - Rodgers, A.D., Bernard Eduard Fernow 623 \[index\]. 1951. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 313. 1937, 7: 104. 1943. #### Eponymy *Whitfordia* Murrill (1908); *Whitfordia* Elmer (1910); *Whitfordiodendron* Elmer (1910). ### Publications ##### n.17.478. The forests of the Flathead Valley **Title** *The forests of the Flathead Valley*, Montana... Printed at the University of Chicago Press. 1905. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb-Apr 1905 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 99-122, 194-218, 276-296. *Copies*: HH, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 39: 99-122. Feb, 194-218. Mar, 276-296. Apr 1905. ##### n.17.479. Prelim. check list timbers P.I. **Title** *A preliminary check list of the principal commercial timbers of the Philippine Islands... *Manila (Bureau of Printing) 1907. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Prelim. check list timbers P.I.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov-Dec 1907 (p. 3: 22 Oct 1907 mss. submitted), cover, p. \[1\]-45. *Copy*: NY. – Issued as Bull. Bur. For., Manila no. 7. ##### n.17.480. The composition **Title** Studies in the vegetation of the Philippines. I. *The composition* and volume *of the Dipterocarp forests* of the Philippines... Manila (Bureau of Printing) 1909. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1909, cover-t.p., p. 699-725, *pl. 32-38. Copies*: NY, US. – Reprinted from Phil. J. Sci. 4(6), C: 699-725, *pl. 32-38.* 1909. ##### n.17.481. The forests of the Philippines **Title** *The forests of the Philippines* Manila (Bureau of Printing) 1911, 2 parts. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *For. Philipp.* **Notes** 1 (Forest types and products): 1911 (p. 7: 11 Nov 1910), p. \[1\]-94, *pl. 1-28*, map. 2 (The principal forest trees): 1911, p. \[1\]-113, *pl. 1-103. Copies*: BR, HH, MO, NY.