> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 425](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066765) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11827-1) LSID 11827-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5482833) QID Q5482833 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wolle, Francis (1817-1893), American botanist (algologist) and educator; did educational work in the Moravian church, teacher at Nazareth Hall and Bethlehem Pa.; vice-principal Young Ladies Seminary, Bethlehem, Pa., 1857, principal 1861-1881; in retirement continuing his algological work. **Abbreviated name**: *Wolle* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wolle*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection PH|PH]] (see also Sayre 1975 and Drouet 1939, p. 18). – Further material at [[Collection BUF|BUF]], [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection NY|NY]]. – *Manuscripts, correspondence and drawings*: [[Collection PH|PH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 514 (b. 17 Dec 1817, d. 10 Feb 1893); BM 5: 2350; Bossert p. 441; Clokie p. 266; CSP 12: 791, 19: 695; De Toni 1: cxxxii, 4: liv; KR p. 777; Lenley p. 440; Morren ed. 10, p. 129; NAF ser. 2. 6: 81; NI 2178-2180; Nordstedt p. 18; PH see Guide; TL-2/13.171. #### Biofile - Anon., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 181, *pl. 36.* 1903; Amer. J. Pharm. 65: 207. 1893; Amer. monthly micr. J. 14: 181-182. 1893 (obit., portr.); Bot. Not. 1894: 47 (d.); Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 570. 1969; Natl. Cycl.-Amer. biogr. 1: 320. 1892; Proc. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 15(4): 245-246. 1894 (obit., portr.); Trans. Morav. hist. Soc. 8: 24-25. 1909 (brief sketch of activities at seminary). - Coulter, J.M., Bot. Gaz. 18: 109-110. 1893 (obit.). - De Wildeman, E., Bull. Soc. belge Microsc. 20(1): 71-72. 1894 (obit.);.Notarisia 9: 8. 1894 (obit.). - Drouet, F., Bot. Ser. Field Mus. nat. Hist. 20(2): 17-64. 1939 (Francis Wolle's filamentous Myxophyceae). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 12, 78, 79, 91. 1969. - Harshberger, J.W., Bot. Philadelphia 221-223. 1899 (portr.). - Humphrey, H.B., Makers N. Amer. bot. 264-265. s.d. - Kain, C., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 20(5): 211-212. 1893 (obit. not.). - Prescott, G.W., Bibl. Desmid. univ. 556-557. 1984. - Reichel, W.C., A history of the rise, progress and present condition of the Moravian seminary for young ladies, at Bethlehem, Pa., ed. 2, revised by W.H. Bigler, 250, 310. 1870 (principal seminary; portr.). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 417. 1975 (herb. at F). #### Composite works Contributed to Wittrock & Nordstedt, *Algae aquae dulcis* e.g. fasc. 8, no. 389, 397 (1880), 10, no. 498 (1882); see also fasc. 21: 53-55, 61. 1889. #### Eponymy *Wollea* E. Bornet et C. Flahault (1888). ### Publications ##### n.18.177. Desmids of the United States **Title** *Desmids of the United States* and list of American Pediastrums with eleven hundred illustrations on fifty-three colored plates... Bethlehem, Pa. (Moravian Publication Office) 1884. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Desmids U.S.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1884 (p. vii: Feb 1884; NY copy rd. by Kitchell 29 Mai 1884; Bot. Zeit. 29 Aug 1884; J. Bot. Aug 1884; TBC Aug 1884; Bot. Gaz. Aug 1884; Grevillea Jun 1884), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[15\]-168, \[169\], *pl. 1-53* (col. liths. with 1 p. text each). *Copies*: FH(2), G, H, M, MICH(2), NY (3), PH, US, USDA. – Several copies have a loose errata slip, sometimes bound between p. \[ii\] and \[iii\]. *Ed. 2*: 1892 (Bot. Zeit. 16 Oct 1893 as of "1893"; also 16 Jun 1893; Nat. Nov. Dec(1) 1892), portr., p. \[i\]-xiv, 15-182, *pl. 1-64* (id.). *Copies*: FH, NY(2), US. – New and enlarged edition, Bethlehem, Pa. (id.) 1892. Oct. ##### n.18.178. Fresh-water algae **Title** *Fresh-water algae* of the United States; exclusive of the Diatomaceae) complemental to Desmids of the United States;... Bethlehem, Pa. (The Comenius Press) 1887. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fresh-water alg.* **Notes** *Text*: Jul 1887 (p. vi: Dec 1886; Bot. Gaz. 1887 "in press"; Sep 1887 (rev.); J. Bot. Oct 1887; Bot. Zeit. 25 Nov 1867; TBC Aug 1887; Bot. Gaz. Aug 1887; Nat. Nov. Aug(2) 1887), p. \[i\]-xix, \[21\]-364, loose errata slip. *Plates* (*vol. 2*): 1887 (issued simultaneously with text), p. \[i\], *pl. 54-210* (col. liths.) with 1 p. text each. *Copies*: FH, G, H-UB, NY, PH, US, USDA; IDC 504. ##### n.18.179. Diatomaceae of North America **Title** *Diatomaceae of North America* illustrated with twenty-three hundred figures from the author's drawings on one hundred and twelve plates... Bethlehem, Pa. (the Comenius Press) 1890. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Diatom. N. Amer.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1890 (t.p.: 1890; Bot. Z. 29 Mai 1891; TBC 1 Mai 1891; J. Bot. 1 Mai 1891; Nat. Nov. Mar(2) 1891), p. \[i\]-xiii, \[15\]-47, \[49\], *pl. 1-112* (uncol., with 1 p. text each). *Copies*: FH, G, NY, PH, US, USDA. – MO has a copy dated 1894.