Wherry, Edger 6. Edgar T. Wherry - Wikipedia Page 1 of 4 WIKIPEDIA Edgar T. Wherry Edgar Theodore Wherry (1885-1982) was an American Edgar T. Wherry mineralogist, soil scientist and botanist. He had a deep interest in ferns and Sarracenia. Wherry earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1906 from the University of Pennsylvania. He received his doctorate in mineralogy in 1909 from the same university. From 1908 to 1912, he taught at Lehigh University. He lived in Washington, D.C. from 1912 to 1930, part of this time working as an assistant curator of mineralogy for the U. S. National Museum, and also for the Bureau Edgar Theodore Wherry House, of Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture. He Built 1914, 3331 Stephenson Place, taught botany at the University of Pennsylvania from 1930 to 1955, Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C. when he retired. He wrote many papers in mineralogy through Edgar and Gertrude Wherry in their those years, he was the fourth president of the Mineralogical native plant garden Society of America (MSA) in 1923. Born 10 September 1885 He became interested in ferns at age 30, and did much work in that Philadelphia, field the rest of his life. He was president of the American Fern Pennsylvania Society from 1934 to 1939. He wrote three key guides to the ferns of Died 1982 eastern North America. The first was Guide to Eastern Ferns in Nationality American 1937, followed by a greatly updated The Fern Guide in 1961, and Alma mater University of lastly The Southern Fern Guide in 1964. He was in the forefront of Pennsylvania taxonomic work on ferns, and his field guides provided far more current taxonomy than other guides of the day. He donated all Known for Fern field guides, royalties from the fern field guides to the American Fern Society. Sarracenia Scientific career In 1964, he was awarded the Mary Soper Pope Memorial Award in Fields botany. [1] Botany Institutions U. S. National The "Edgar T. Wherry Award" was established in 1989 by the Museum, USDA, Botanical Society of America for the best paper presented each year Lehigh University, in the pteridological section. University of Pennsylvania Contents his Note: See 1928 pub lication Plants named for Wherry on Mount Dosert Plants named by Wherry Books by Wherry wild flowers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_T._Wherry 7/4/2019 Edgar T. Wherry - Wikipedia Page 2 of 4 References Plants named for Wherry Asplenium x wherryi D.M. Smith (A. bradleyi X A. montanum) Castilleja wherryana Pennell Dryopteris x neo-wherryi Wagner (D. goldieana x D. marginalis) Dryopteris wherryi Small Iris wherryana Crane Mimosa wherryana (Britton) Standl. Mimosopsis wherryana Britton Penstemon wherryi Pennell Phlox wherryi Heath Silene wherryi Small Plants named by Wherry Wherry authored 109 plant taxon names, and coauthored another 11. Additionally, he made 223 combinations based on pre-existing names. [2] Following are a few examples. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_T._Wherry 7/4/2019 Edgar T. Wherry - Wikipedia Page 3 of 4 Asplenium X trudellii Wherry (A. montanum X Asplenium pinnatifidum) Microgramma heterophylla (L.) Wherry Sarracenia oreophila (Kearney) Wherry Sarracenia jonesii Wherry Books by Wherry Wherry, Edgar T. Wild Flowers of Mount Desert Island, Maine. Garden Club of Mount Desert, Bar Harbor, Maine. 1928. 164 pp. ill. Wherry, Edgar T. The Wild Flower Guide, Northeastern and Midland United States. Doubleday, Garden City, New York. 1948. 202 pp. ill. Wherry, Edgar T. Guide to Eastern Ferns. Illustrated with line drawings by Oliver Stoner and Cyrus Feldman. First edition: The Science Press Printing Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 1937 iv, 220 pp. frontispiece, illus, 6.5x4in (170x100mm), hardcover. Second edition: University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1942. iv, 252 pp. hardcover. Reprint of second edition: University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1948. iv,252 pp. hardcover. Wherry, Edgar T. The Genus Phlox. 174 p., illus. Morris Arboretum Monograph 3. 1955. 174 pp. ill. Wherry, Edgar T. The Fern Guide (Northeastern and Midland United States and Adjacent Canada; Doubleday Nature Guide Series). Illustrated by James C. W. Chen. First printing: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York. 1961. 318 pp. hardcover. Reprint: Dover Publications Inc., New York, New York. 1994 (1995?). 318 pp. 120 b/w ill, softcover. ISBN 0-486-28496-4. Wherry, Edgar T. The Southern Fern Guide (Southeastern and Midland United States; Doubleday Nature Guide Series). Illustrated by James C. W. Chen and Keith C. Y. Chen. First edition: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York. 1964. 349 pp. hardcover. Second edition: "Corrected First Edition with Nomenclatural Changes". American Fern Society, New York Chapter, Bronx, New York. 1972. 349 pp. softcover. LC 77-93190. Reprint of second edition: American Fern Society, New York Chapter, Bronx, New York. 1978. 349 pp. hardcover. References 1. "Cranbrook Institute of Science Director's Papers" (http://www.cranbrook.edu/sites/default/files/ftpimages/120/misc/misc_3534 Cranbrook website. Retrieved Dec. 27, 2016. 2. IPNI, The International Plant Names Index. www.ipni.org 3. IPNI. Wherry (http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Wherry) Hooker, Marjorie, and Arthur Montgomery. "Edgar Theodore Wherry." American Mineralogist 60:533-539. 1975: http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM60/AM60_533.pdf Fogg, John M., Jr. "Edgar Wherry in Pennsylvania." American Fern Journal 66(2):33 1976. Wagner, Warren H., Jr. "Edgar T. Wherry and his contributions to pteridology." American Fern Journal 73 (1):1 - 1983. Retrieved from"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edgar_T._Wherry&oldid=824693048' This page was last edited on 8 February 2018, at 22:21 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_T._Wherry 7/4/2019