Edward W. Berry Explained

Edward Wilber Berry
Birth Date:	10 February 1875
Birth Place:	Newark, New Jersey
Death Place:	Stonington, Connecticut
Nationality:	American
Field:	Paleontology Botany Paleobotany
Work Institution:	Johns Hopkins University
Alma Mater:	Johns Hopkins University
Author Abbreviation Bot:	E.W. Berry
Prizes:	Walker Prize (1901) Mary Clark Thompson Medal (1942)

Edward Wilber Berry (February 10, 1875 – September 20, 1945) was an American paleontologist and botanist; the principal focus of his research was paleobotany.

Early life

Berry was born February 10, 1875, in Newark, New Jersey, and finished high school in 1890 at the age of 15.

Career

Berry studied North and South American flora and published taxonomic studies with theoretical reconstructions of paleoecology and phytogeography. He started his scientific career as an amateur scientist, working with William Bullock Clark as a lab assistant in 1905. At Johns Hopkins University he held various positions including teacher, research scientist, scientific editor, provost, and dean. Berry was appointed geologist with the U. S. Geological Survey in 1910 along with the post of assistant state geologist for Maryland in 1917, both positions he kept until retiring in 1942.^[1]

Major expeditions

1919: co-leader, Johns Hopkins George H. Williams Memorial Expedition, Andes Mountains
1927: geological expedition to Peru and Ecuador
1933: geological expedition to Venezuela

Participation in scientific societies

1924: president, Paleontological Society of America
1945: president, Geological Society of America

Selected bibliography

1916. The Lower Eocene Floras of Southeastern North America
1924. The Middle and Upper Eocene floras of Southeastern North America. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 92
1925. A species of Musa in the Tertiary of South America. PNAS. 11. 6. 298–299. 1085991. 10.1073/pnas.11.6.298. 16587004. 1925. Berry. E. W.. 1925PNAS...11..298B. free.
1929. An Eocene forest in the Peruvian desert. PNAS. 15. 4. 345–346. 522462. 16587479. Apr 1929. 10.1073/pnas.15.4.345 . Berry. E. W.. free.
1929. Fossil plants and mountain uplifts in the Pacific states. PNAS. 15. 6. 477–480. 522493. 16577207. Jun 1929. 10.1073/pnas.15.6.477 . Berry. E. W.. 1929PNAS...15..477B. free.
1934. Miocene Patagonia. PNAS. 20. 5. 280–282. 1076401. 10.1073/pnas.20.5.280. 16587887. 1934. Berry. E. W.. 1934PNAS...20..280B. free.
1937. Succession of fossil floras in Patagonia. PNAS. 23. 10. 537–542. 1076984. 10.1073/pnas.23.10.537. 16577811. 1937. Berry. E. W.. 1937PNAS...23..537B. free.

Awards and honors

1901: Walker Prize, Boston Society of Natural History
1919: Member of the American Philosophical Society^[2]
1921: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[3]
1922: Member of the National Academy of Sciences^[4]
1930: honorary doctorate by Lehigh University
1942: Mary Clark Thompson Medal from the National Academy of Sciences^[5]

References

Science/AAAS

External links

Notes and References

Reeside . J. B. . 1945 . EDWARD WILBER BERRY February 10, 1875-September 20, 1945 . Science . 102 . 2655 . 498–499. 10.1126/science.102.2655.498 . 17750716 . 1945Sci...102..498R .
Web site: APS Member History . 2023-09-26 . search.amphilsoc.org.
Web site: Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. June 24, 2011.
Web site: Edward Berry . 2023-09-26 . www.nasonline.org.
Web site: Mary Clark Thompson Medal . National Academy of Sciences . 15 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101229195631/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_thompson . 29 December 2010 .