Henry Chandler Cowles
Henry Chandler Cowles, Ph. D (February 27, 1869 - September 12, 1939) was an American botanist and ecological pioneer (see History of ecology). Born in Kensington, Connecticut, he attended Oberlin College in Ohio. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1898 from the University of Chicago for his study of vegetation succession on the Lake Michigan sand dunes. One of his field study locations is now named Cowles Bog in his honor; Cowles Bog and nearby dune locations were later preserved for the public as part of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Among Cowles's students who advanced American ecology were Victor E. Shelford, William Skinner Cooper, and May Theilgaard Watts. Cowles also served as a special field assistant of the United States Geological Survey.
His publications include:
- Vegetation of Sand Dunes of Lake Michigan (1899)
- Text-Book of Plant Ecology (1911)
- Plant Societies of Chicago and Vicinity (1913)
External links
- Henry Chandler Cowles: Pioneer Ecologist by Victor Cassidy
- Henry Chandler Cowles: Pioneer Ecologist by Victor Cassidy
- Biographical sketch of Henry Chandler Cowles.
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