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Lucien Marcus Underwood
Born(1853-10-26)October 26, 1853
New Woodstock, New York, USA
DiedNovember 16, 1907(1907-11-16) (aged 54)
Redding, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSyracuse University
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Mycology, Pteridology
InstitutionsSyracuse University
ThesisThe geological formations crossed by the Syracuse and Chenango Valley Railroad (1879)
Doctoral advisorAlexander Winchell
Author abbrev. (botany)Underw.

Lucien Marcus Underwood (October 26, 1853 – November 16, 1907) was an American botanist and mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Early life and career

He was born in New Woodstock, New York.[1] He completed his PhD at Syracuse University under Alexander Winchell in 1979.[2][3] In 1880 he was appointed professor of geology and botany in Illinois Wesleyan University, in 1883 professor of geology, botany, and zoology at Syracuse, and in 1891 he became professor of botany in De Pauw University. In 1896, after a short stint as a biology professor at Auburn University,[4] Underwood became a professor of botany at Columbia University and joined the staff of the New York Botanical Garden.[5][6]

Works

Underwood published numerous papers in botanical journals, and was the author of Our Native Ferns and how to study them (Bloomington, Ill., 1881; 4th ed., 1893), Descriptive Catalogue of North American Hepaticae (New York, 1884) and “Hepaticae” in Gray's Manual of Botany. He also prepared An Illustrated Century of Fungi with 100 specimens (1889), and Hepaticae Americanae with 160 specimens (1887–93).[5][6]

Personal life

After losing large amounts of money on Wall Street, Underwood attempted to murder his wife and daughter before committing suicide at the family's home in Redding, Connecticut.[7]

The standard author abbreviation Underw. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]

References

  1. ^ New Woodstock, N.Y. is in Madison County. Woodstock, New York is in Ulster County.
  2. ^ "History of the College of Arts and Sciences". Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. ^ Merriam, Daniel Francis (1978). A Brief History Of The Department Of Geology At Syracuse University (PDF). Syracuse, N.Y.: New York State Geological Association. p. 42. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Montgomery Advertiser: June 12, 1896".
  5. ^ a b Curtis CC. (1908). "A Biographical Sketch of Lucien Marcus Underwood". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 35 (1): 1–12. doi:10.2307/2479036. JSTOR 2479036.
  6. ^ a b Howe MA. (1908). "Lucien Marcus Underwood: A Memorial Tribute". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 35 (1): 13–16. doi:10.2307/2479037. JSTOR 2479037.
  7. ^ Prof. Underwood commits suicide, in The New York Times 1907-11-17. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
  8. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Underw.
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