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Barnhart was born in [[Brooklyn]], NY to John Wesley Barnhart and Emma Miller Barnhart <ref> 1900 US Federal census, New York > Westchester > Greenburgh > District 0072 > 30 </ref>. He attended [[Weslyan University]] in Middletown, CT, receiving an A.B. in 1892 and an A.M. the following year. In 1896 he graduated from Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons receiving an M.D., though he never practiced medicine.<ref name="NYHT Barnhart obituary"> J.H. Barnhart Dies; Botanical Garden Official. New York Herald Tribune, 12 Nov 1949 </ref> His decision not to practice medicine was apparently made possible by substantial private income. <ref="Rickett article"> Rickett, H.W. John Hendley Barnhart, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 77:163-175, 1950. </ref> |
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In 1907 he became NYBG librarian when [[Anna Murray Vail]], its first librarian, retired. From 1908 to 1926, and again in 1932 he was appointed NYBG library vice president.<ref name="nyt1935">Staff report (September 1, 1935). Garden notes and topics. [[New York Times]]''</ref> The "Barnhart bibliographic file" consisted of about 50,000 cards with bibliographic information and formed the basis of his biographical books. |
In 1907 he became NYBG librarian when [[Anna Murray Vail]], its first librarian, retired. From 1908 to 1926, and again in 1932 he was appointed NYBG library vice president.<ref name="nyt1935">Staff report (September 1, 1935). Garden notes and topics. [[New York Times]]''</ref> The "Barnhart bibliographic file" consisted of about 50,000 cards with bibliographic information and formed the basis of his biographical books. |
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John Hendley Barnhart (October 4, 1871 – November 11, 1949) was an American botanist and author, specializing in biographies of botanists.[1]
Life and career
Barnhart was born in Brooklyn, NY to John Wesley Barnhart and Emma Miller Barnhart [2]. He attended Weslyan University in Middletown, CT, receiving an A.B. in 1892 and an A.M. the following year. In 1896 he graduated from Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons receiving an M.D., though he never practiced medicine.[3] His decision not to practice medicine was apparently made possible by substantial private income. <ref="Rickett article"> Rickett, H.W. John Hendley Barnhart, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 77:163-175, 1950. </ref>
In 1903 he became an editorial assistant at the library of the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG). In 1905 he began appearing Flora of North America and Barnhart was responsible for the reviews of manuscripts. In 1907 he became NYBG librarian when Anna Murray Vail, its first librarian, retired. From 1908 to 1926, and again in 1932 he was appointed NYBG library vice president.[4] The "Barnhart bibliographic file" consisted of about 50,000 cards with bibliographic information and formed the basis of his biographical books.
Works
- A New Utricularia from Long Island. 1907
- The Published Work of Lucien Marcus Underwood, in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 35 (1908): 17-38.
- Some American botanists of former days, 1909
- Some Fictitious Botanists, 1919
- "Sartwell, Henry Parker (1792-1867)" in American Medical Biographies, ed. Howard A. Kelly (1920)
- Biographical Notes Upon Botanists. Compiled by John Hendley Barnhart and maintained at the New York Botanical Garden Library, 1965
- Ferns of the Southeastern States. Descriptions of the fern-plants growing naturally in the state south of the Virginia-Kentucky state line and east of the Mississippi river (with John Kunkel Small, 1938
References
- ^ Gleaston, H. A. (1950). John Hendley Barnhart—An appreciation. Journal of the New York Botanical Garden August: p. 173.
- ^ 1900 US Federal census, New York > Westchester > Greenburgh > District 0072 > 30
- ^ J.H. Barnhart Dies; Botanical Garden Official. New York Herald Tribune, 12 Nov 1949
- ^ Staff report (September 1, 1935). Garden notes and topics. New York Times
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