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B. Alpern, A. Combaz, P. Corsin, S. Jardiné, J. Taugourdeau and J.P. Verdier (1968): Paléobotanique et palynologie en France: Aperçu historique. Abstract, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 7: 149-199.
! The American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (AASP): AASP Primary Records Program. AASP has begun to collect biographical information on the developers of the field of palynology; particularly in North America and Europe, and particularly associated with AASP.
Henry N. Andrews (1974): Paleobotany, 1947-1972. First page, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 61: 179-202.
Annals of Science. The Journal is directed to all those interested in the evolution of science and technology and its impact on the development of related arts and industries.
! Sergio Archangelsky (2005): La Paleobotánica en Argentina y su desarrollo durante los últimos 50 años (in Spanish). PDF file, A.P.A. Publicación Especial 10.
Sergio Archangelsky (1968): Palaeobotany and palynology in South America: A historical review. Abstract, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 7: 249-266.
Francisco J. Ayala et al. (2000): Variation and evolution in plants and microorganisms: Toward a new synthesis 50 years after Stebbins. PNAS, 97: 6941-6944. Scroll to: "Trends and Patterns in Plant Evolution".
Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley: A history of evolutionary thought. Biographies of some of the key players in evolutionary thought over the last 300 years.
H.J.B. Birks (2005): Fifty years of Quaternary pollen analysis in Fennoscandia 1954-2004 (PDF file). Grana, 44: 1-22. See also here.
Botanicus, The Missouri Botanical Garden Library: This is a freely accessible portal to historic botanical literature.
! Book shop, The Geological Society of London:
A. J. Bowden, C. V. Burek and R. Wilding (eds), 2005:
History of Palaeobotany.
Book announcement. GSL Special Publications. £80.00 list price!
This volume is a collection of essays that reflect selected stages in the
development of palaeobotany as a discipline during the last three hundred years.
It is not an exhaustive history, but rather serves to highlight aspects of the history of the subject that
perhaps have not received much treatment elsewhere in the palaeobotanical
literature.
Worth checking out (page 1-3):
History of Palaeobotany:
an Introduction (PDF file).
See also here
(book announcement).
! Free access via Google
Books.
Book Review: Robert S. Hill (2008), in: tag,
The Geological Society of Australia, Newsletter (PDF file).
Scroll to page 34.
David Branagan (2002): Australian Stratigraphy and Palaeontology: the nineteenth century French contribution. Abstract, Comptes Rendus Palevol., 1: 657-662.
The Canadian Association of Palynologists (CAP): Palynological Personalities. An in-depth look at some of the people who have influenced palynology.
! James E. Canright (1995): A Brief History of Some Major Contributors to the Development of Palynology in the United States. Palynos 18(2): 2-7.
Christopher J. Cleal et al. (2005): Illustrations and illustrators during the "Golden Age" of palaeobotany: 1800-1840. Abstract, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 241: 41-61.
Cleal, C.J., Thomas, B.A., Batten, D.J. and Collinson, M.E. (2001):
Mesozoic
and Tertiary Palaeobotany of Great Britain.
Summary, GCR Volume No. 22. Go to:
Mesozoic
and Tertiary palaeobotanical sites in Britain and
Chapter One
(PDF files).
J.A. Clement-Westerhof (1971): Palaeobotany. A brief historical review. Abstract, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 11: 85-88.
Cofrhigeo (Comité français d'Histoire de la Géologie). History of Geology and the Geosciences, Information & Links. This page provides information and links for approximately 150 Web sites having a connection with the history of geological sciences.
! William Culp Darrah (1960): Principles of paleobotany. 295 p., (Ronald Press Co.), New York (hosted by Hathi Trust Digital Library). Start with Page 13: History and Aims of Paleobotany.
Owen Davis:
PALYNOLOGY
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, and
PALYNOLOGY IN NORTH AMERICA.
N.J. De Jersey (1968): Palaeobotany and palynology in Australia: A historical review. Abstract, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 6: 111-136.
dmoz. The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive
human-edited directory of the Web. Go to:
Society: History: By Topic: Science:
Biology: History,
Biology: History: People,
Paleontology: History,
Geology.
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham,
Surrey, UK: Research activities,
Palaeobotany
and the history of Geology.
Enchanted Learning Online: The Top Paleontologists and Dinosaur Hunters of All Time. Sadly, without palaeobotanists.
Endeavour (Elsevier). Endeavour publishes brief articles that review the history and philosophy of science.
H.J. Falcon-Lang (2008): MARIE STOPES, THE DISCOVERY OF PTERIDOSPERMS AND THE ORIGIN OF CARBONIFEROUS COAL BALLS. Abstract, Earth Sciences History, 27: 81-102.
H.E. Fraser and C.J. Cleal (2007): The contribution of British women to Carboniferous palaeobotany during the first half of the 20th century. Abstract, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 281: 51-82.
The Paleontology Division of the Geological Association of Canada: Paleontology at the GSC.
History of Geology Division, Geological Society of America (GSA): Rock Star Profiles in GSA Today Archive, and Biographies of Geologists on the Web.
!
The Geological Society of London:
Index
of Obituaries, 1828-Date.
The index is alphabetical by surname.
An extensive bibliographic index. See also:
The History
of Geology Group (HOGG). HOGG was inaugurated to encourage interest in the
lives and work of those scientists and philosophers who influenced both the study and
the practice of geology. HOGG newsletters free (2007-2009)!
Geological Survey of Canada: Past lives: Chronicles of Canadian Paleontology. Site map.
Google Directory:
Society > History > By Topic > Science:
Biology > History,
Biology > History > People,
Paleontology > History,
Geology,
Rod Gould (1981): Palaeobotany is blooming: 1970-1979, a review. Abstract, Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 5: 49-70.
Alan Graham (2006): Paleobotany of Puerto Rico. First page only. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 776: 103-114.
! Joseph Reynolds Green (1909): A history of botany 1860-1900; being a continuation of Sachs History of botany, 1530-1860. PDF file, 30 MB!. Palaeobotany on page 133 ff. See also here.
Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Lectures in Dendrochronology. Go to: History of Dendrochronology. PowerPoint presentation.
Walter Gross and Hans-Peter Schultze (2008): Zur Geschichte der Geowissenschaften im Museum für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Teil 6: Geschichte des Geologisch-Paläontologischen Instituts und Museums der Universität Berlin 1910-2004. Abstract, Fossil Record, 7: 5-43.
W.F. Harris (1968): Palaeobotany and palynology in New Zealand: A historical review. Abstract, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 6: 137-145.
Harvard University Herbaria: Database of Botanists. A searchable index. Plant name authors, collectors, and publication authors are combined into a single resource.
Robert John Harvey-Gibson (1919):
Outlines
of the history of botany (PDF file, 17 MB).
See for example page 166 ff:
"Progress in Palaeophytology", or
page 250 ff: "The Pteridosperms and
the seed".
See also here.
Norbert Hauschke: Die geologisch-paläontologischen Sammlungen der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (in German). Including plant fossils described by Johann Georg Bornemann, one of the pioneers in cuticular analysis.
Michael Hesse et al. (2009): Pollen Terminology. An illustrated handbook. Abstract: "The term palynology was coined after a written discussion with Ernst ANTEVS and A. Orville DAHL in the Pollen Analysis Circular no. 8 by HYDE and WILLIAMS (1944)".
Historica Botanica. This blog is dedicated to information and material related to the history of botany particularly in the 19th and 20th century English speaking world.
The History of Earth Sciences Society (HESS). An International society devoted to the history of the sciences of the Earth.
Elise Hofmann (1951):
Wege
und Ziele der Paläobotanik in Österreich.
PDF file (in German), Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 92: 260-265.
Elise Hofmann (1945): Aus der Geschichte der Paläobotanik. PDF file (in German), Mitteilungen der Geologischen Gesellschaft in Wien 36-38.
! The International Organisation of Palaeobotany (IOP): Newsletter Archive. The IOP Newsletter is the chief information dissemination vehicle for the membership of the IOP.
Paul R. Janke, Pan Terra Inc., Hill City, SD: History of Geology.
! J. Jansonius and D.C. McGregor (1996): Introduction, Palynology: Principles and Applications. AASP Foundation. v. 1, pp 1-10: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE p.1-2.. The history of palynology.
Ann Jelinek et al., Murrindindi Shire Council, Australia: Flora Fossil Site: YEA (PDF file). Including some biographial information about Australian palaeobotanists.
F.P. Jonker (1967): Palynology and the Netherlands. PDF file, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 1: 31-35.
Antiquariaat Junk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: "Browse our stock by subject", Phytopaleontology / Fossil plants. Classic books about palaeobotany (currently by Heer, Scheuchzer, Sternberg, Unger), with images.
Theodor Karl Just (1959): Progress in paleobotany, 1908-1958. Abstract, Journal of Paleontology, 33: 500-510.
Valentin A. Krassilov (1987): Palaeobotany of the mesophyticum: state of the art. Abstract, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 50: 231-254.
U. Kutschera (2007): Palaeobiology: the origin and evolution of a scientific discipline. PDF file, Trends Ecol. Evol. 22, 172 - 173.
Division of Paleobotany, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence: The History of Paleobotany at KU.
Harold L. Levin, Washington University: The Earth Through Time, Seventh Edition (provided by Wiley, Higher Education). This textbook provides rich, authoritative coverage of the history of the Earth, offering the most comprehensive history in the discipline today. Some sample chapters: Chapter 1, Introduction to Earth History (PDF file). Including geohistorical reflections about Abraham Gottlob Werner, James Hutton, William Smith, Georges Cuvier and Alexandre Brongniart, etc.
The Natural History Museum London:
Nature online > The science of natural history > Taxonomy and systematics
What´s
in a name? A history of taxonomy by Sandra Knapp.
See also:
Nature online > The science of natural history >
Natural
history biographies.
LoveToKnow 1911 Online Encyclopedia (based on the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, first published in 1911): Palaeobotany.
! P.C. Lyons, E.D. Morey and R.H. Wagner (1995):
Historical
perspective of Early Twentieth Century Carboniferous Paleobotany in North America.
Google books, limited preview, Geol. Soc. America Mem., 185.
See also here
(brief bibligraphical description).
Palaeobotany Section, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, U.K.: A brief history of Palaeobotany at Manchester. Link no longer valid, now accessible via wayback engine.
A.A. Manten (1966): Half a century of modern palynology. Abstract, Earth Science Reviews, 2: 277-316).
A.A. Manten (1967): Lennart von Post and the foundation of modern palynology. PDF file, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 1: 11-22. An outline of fossil pollen grain research on page 15 (PDF page 5).
A.A. Manten (1968): A short history of palynology in diagrams. Abstract, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 6: 177-188.
A.A. Manten (1969): The history of the microscope and its impact on the development of palynology. Abstract, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 9: 137-148.
Staffan Müller-Wille, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin.Kunsttexte.de: Text, Bild und Diagramm in der klassischen Naturgeschichte. PDF file (in German).
National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII). NBII is a broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources. Go to: History of Botany.
National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), maintained by the Center for Biological Informatics of the U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA: Botany, Past and Future. A link directory about the history of botany, palaeobotany, and plant exploration.
! F.W. Oliver (1913):
Makers
of British botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists
(PDf file, 33 MB). With portraits! Biographies, such as:
Nehemiah Grew (page 44),
John Lindley (page 164),
Henry Witham (page 243),
Edward William Binney (page 245),
William Crawford Williamson (page 247).
See also
here (Wayback Archive), and
there
(Wikisource).
E.G. Ottone (2005): The history of palaeobotany in Argentina during the 19th century. Abstract, Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 241: 281-292.
Tom Lee Phillips, H.W. Pfefferkorn, Russel A. Peppers (1973): Development of paleobotany in the Illinois Basin. PDF file, Illinois State Geological Survey.
The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA: Science > Systematics and Evolution > Botany > Paleobotany. The collection of Henry Steinhauer!
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology: Go to: Volume 50, Issues 1-2 (1987). Some articles (some abstracts available) about the development and history of palaeobotany.
! James B. Riding and Jane E. Kyffin-Hughes (2004): A review oft the laboratory preparation of palynomorphs with a description of an effective non-acid technique. PDF file, Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, 7: 13-44. Including a review of laboratory techniques on page 2.
O. Rösler (1978): Advances in Palaeobotany and Allied Sciences in Brazil. PDF file.
Michael C. Rygel and Brian C. Shipley: "Such a section as never was put together before": Logan, Dawson, Lyell, and mid-Nineteenth-Century measurements of the Pennsylvanian Joggins section of Nova Scotia (PDF file). From the Atlantic Geology volume on the classic Carboniferous site at Joggins, Nova Scotia.
! Julius Sachs (1906): History of botany (1530-1860). PDF file, 34 MB! See also here, and there (Google books, limited preview).
! William A.S. Sarjeant (2002): "As
chimney-sweepers, come to dust": a history of palynology to 1970.
See here
page 273, In: David Roger Oldroyd (ed.), The Earth Inside and Out: Some Major Contributions
to Geology in the Twentieth Century (Google books).
See also
here.
Abstract, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 192: 273-327. Excellent!
Schmidt, Diane, Allison, Melody M., Clark, Kathleen A., Jacobs, Pamela F. and Porta, Maria A.,
Libraries Unlimited (a member of the Greenwood Publishing Group):
Guide to Reference and Information Sources in Plant Biology.
This directory contains the URLs and annotations for Web-accessible resources. Go to:
History and Biography.
Curtis P. Schuh, The Mineralogical Record, Inc.: Annotated Bio-Bibliography of Mineralogy and Crystallography (1469-1919). Including some palaeontologists and biologists. Alphabetical or chronological search. Superbly done!
Science Encyclopedia (Net Industries). History of botany.
D.H. Scott (1909): Darwin and Modern Science: The Palaeontological Record: Plants. In: A.C. Seward (ed.): Darwin and Modern Science (provided by SJG Archive).
Michon Scott: Strange Science. Curious missteps in biology and paleontology are featured here. This Web site also provides a timeline of events, gives biographies of a few of the people who have gotten us where we are today, and show a bibliography you can use to learn more. Visit the Goof Gallery, and Biographies.
Peter von Sengbusch, Hamburg: Botany: The History of a Science.
The Senckenberg
Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main:
Paläobotanik, Geschichte
(in German). See also:
History
of Botany at Senckenberg. PDF file, by S. Dressler and G.Zizka (2005).
Thomas Servais and Charles Wellman (2004): New directions in Palaeozoic palynology. Abstract, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 130: 1-15.
! A.C. Seward (1963). Reprint of the second edition: Plant life through the ages: a geological and botanical retrospect. including 9 reconstructions of ancient landscapes drawn for the author by Edward Vulliamy. 603 p., New York; Hafner. Go to: Historical Sketch.
Mukund Sharma (2002):
Palaeontology in India at crossroads.
PDF file, CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 83. See also:
H.M. Kapoor and H.K. Maheshwari (2002):
Palaeontology
in India at cross roads: a comment.
PDF file, CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 83.
Sisley Garden Tour: Directory of botanists, plantsmen, landscapers, gardeners and writers of note.
! Charles H. Smith (Library Public Services, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green),
Joshua Woleben, and Carubie Rodgers:
Some Biogeographers,
Evolutionists and Ecologists:
Chrono-Biographical Sketches. Go to:
Listing by Discipline. Scroll down to "paleobotany", or
"botany" (including palaeobotany).
Edith L. Smoot and Thomas N. Taylor (1985): Paleobotany: Recent developments and future research directions. Abstract, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 50: 149-162.
Qi-Gao Sun (2005): The rise of Chinese palaeobotany, emphasizing the global context. Abstract, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 241: 293-298.
H.C. Sze (1960): Recent Advances in Chinese Palaeobotany and Invertebrate Palaeontology. PDF file, Scientia Sinica 9.
Erich Thenius (1985): 40 Jahre Paläontologie an der Universität Wien (1945-1984). PDF file (in German), Jb. Geol. B., 128: 227-239. Concerning palaeobotany in Vienna see page 228 (PDF page 2).
totallyexplained.com: A history of palynology.
! Alfred Traverse,
Department of Geosciences,
Pennsylvania State University, and
Herbert J. Sullivan,
Amoco Canada Petroleum Co., Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
The Background, Origin, and Early History of the American
Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists.
History of Palynology;
Palynology 7: 7-18 (1983).See also:
Biographies & Histories
of Palynology. Including the link directory:
"History of Palynology").
Alfred Traverse (1960): History of the Paleobotanical Section of the Botanical Society of America. Excerpted from Plant Science Bulletin, vol. 6, number 3, p. 1.
Alfred Traverse, H. Tate Ames and William Spackman (1970): The Catalog of fossil spores and pollen: History and status. Abstract, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 10: 165-173.
Gian Battista Vai (2009): Light and shadow: the status of Italian geology around 1807. PDF file, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 317: 179-202.
B.S. Venkatachala (1991): Palaeobotany in India: The post-Sahni era in retrospect. First page only, Current science, 61: 586-593.
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo,
Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (2008):
LOS GEÓLOGOS Y LA GEOLOGÍA
EN LA HISTORIA ARGENTINA (PDF file 11.8 MB).
Scroll to page 267:
María M. Vergel et al. (2008):
Breve historia de la paleobotánica y la palinología en el
noroeste argentino (in Spanish). Historia de la Geología Argentina I,
Serie Correlación Geológica, 24: 267-279.
VTX Datacomm AG, Switzerland: Biografies of Life-Scientists.
Harald Walther, Dresden: Dr. sc. nat. Dr. phil. h. c. Hans Prescher (08. 05. 1926 - 29.09. 1996) zum 75. Geburtstag. PDF file, in German. Some facts of palaeobotany history in the former German Democratic Republic.
Harald Walther and Lutz Kunzmann (2008): Zur Geschichte der paläobotanischen Forschung im Weißelsterbecken Abstract, PDF file, in German. Z. dt. Ges. Geowiss., 159: 13-21.
! Lester F. Ward (1885): Sketch of paleobotany. (PDF file, 4.8 MB). Scroll to to: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Page 368, PDF page 16. Biographies of Scheuchzer, Schlotheim, Sternberg, Brongniart, Witham, Göppert, Corda, Geinitz, Binney, Unger, Schimper, Williamson, Lesquereux, Dawson, Heer, Bunbury, Massalongo, Ettingshausen, Newberry, Schenk, Saporta, Carruthers. See also here.
Joan Watson, Palaeobotany Laboratory, University of Manchester: The Fate of Three University Schools of Palaeobotany/Palynology. One hundred and fifty years of palaeobotany at Manchester University. Abstract, Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 2005; v. 241; p. 229-257.
Alfred Wegener, Braunschweig 1929: Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane (in German). See also here. 254 pages. The www.biolib.de project, Kurt Stüber, Max Planck Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Köln.
Wiadomosci Botaniczne, 50, (2006): Portraits of Polish Botanists. Some pictures of palaeobotanists. (PDF file, in Polish).
! Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Paleobotany
and the origin of the word paleontology.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
A
history of palynology.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
History of Botany,
and here; See also
Geschichte
der Botanik (in German). Actually web lists of biographies, and
List of biologists.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
History of Geology
(in German),
History
of paleontology, and
here, and
there (in German), and
Liste
von Paläontologen (in German).
See also: Paleontology.
Wikispecies: Pages in category "Paleobotanists".
C.F. Winkler (2000): The Netherlands palaeontological heritage. PDF file.
Steven J. Wolf, Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Stanislaus: Flowering Plants. Lecture notes. Go to: History of Plant Taxonomy.
www.botany.ch: History of Botany. A link directory.
A.I. Zhamoida (2006): Ninety Years of the Paleontological Society. PDF file, first page only. Paleontological Journal (Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal), 40: 687-696. The history of the Russian (later All-Union and All-Russia) Paleontological Society in brief.
! Karl Alfred von Zittel (1901) (translated by Maria Matilda Gordon). History of geology and palaeontology to the end of the nineteenth century. PDF file, 57 MB! Fossil Plants on page 368 ff. (Pdf page 408). See also here.
Heinrich Zoller (1968): Geschichte der Paläobotanik und Palynologie in der Schweiz. Abstract, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 7: 81-98.
! Institut für Geschichte,
Technikgeschichte,
ETH Zentrum ADM,
Zürich:
Geschichte der Ur- und Frühgeschichte,
Schwerpunkt 19. Jhd. (in German).
A bibliography about the history of geology and palaeontology (starting on Acrobat page 2), focussed on the
19th century (PDF file).
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