H. K. Svenson
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Name
Henry K. Svenson
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Dates
1897 - 1986
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Specialities
Pteridophytes, Spermatophytes, Lichens
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Roles
Author, Determiner, Collector
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Movement Details
United States, Ecuador (incl. Galapagos Islands)
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Notes
From http://www.gf.org/fellows/14412-henry-k-svenson (accessed 28 Feb 2014):
Awardee of John Simon Gugenheim Foundation Award (1939-1940):
SVENSON, HENRY K.: Appointed for an investigation of the relationship of the flora of western South American to that of the Galapagos Islands; tenure, three months from the Autumn of 1940.
Born January 13, 1897, in Sweden. Education: Harvard University, A.B., 1920, A.M., 1922, Ph.D., 1928.
Instructor in Biology, 1922-24, Assistant Professor, 1925-27, Union College, Schenectady; Curator of the Herbarium, 1930-, Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Publications: Articles in Rhodora, American Journal of Botany, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science.
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From http://www.huh.harvard.edu/libraries/archives/SVENSON.html (accessed 28 Feb 2014):
Library of the Gray Herbarium
HENRY K. SVENSON (1930-1983)
PAPERS
Biography:
Henry Knute Svenson (1897_1986) (Harvard Ph.D. 1929) was curator of Brooklyn Botanical Garden, N.Y., 1930-1946, and chief botanist for Vincent Astor Expedition to the Galapagos Islands in 1930; curator in forestry and botany at American Museum of Natural History in N.Y., 1946-. Svenson also co-authored a guide to flora of Cape Cod (1979).
Scope and Content:
The Henry Knute Svenson Papers consist of professional and some personal correspondence, research notes, plant specimens, original sketches, photographs, reprints, scrapbooks, and maps. Correspondence pertains to Svenson's involvement in professional societies, his work at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, plant identification, plant collecting, mostly at Cape Cod, Mass. and in Central and South America. Some of the letters are from noted botanists. Also includes unpublished research notes on Cyperaceae, the Galapagos Islands, and other subjects.
Provenance:
The Svenson papers were donated to the Gray Herbarium Archives by Svenson's niece, Anna Mae Stainbrook on April 5, 1986. They were delivered to the Herbarium by Svenson's colleague, Dr. Les Eastman.
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