Charles Frederick Millspaugh (June 20, 1854– September 15, 1923) was an American
botanist
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and physician, born at
Ithaca,
N.Y., and educated at
Cornell and the
New York Homeopathic Medical College
New York Medical College (NYMC or New York Med) is a private medical school in Valhalla, New York. Founded in 1860, it is a member of the Touro College and University System.
NYMC offers advanced degrees through its three schools: the School o ...
. He received his medical degree in 1881 and practiced medicine in Binghamton, New York until 1890. From 1891 to 1892, he taught botany at
West Virginia University. In 1894 he was appointed as the newly established
Field Museum of Natural History
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's first Curator of Botany, a position he held until his death. From 1897 to 1923 he was also
professor of medical botany at the
Chicago Homeopathic Medical College
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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and lectured on botany at the
University of Chicago. Millspaugh conducted explorations in the
United States and
Mexico, the
West Indies,
Brazil, and other parts of
South America, and was the author of ''American Medical Plants'' (1887); ''Flora of West Virginia'' (1896); ''Contribution I-III to the Coastal and Plain Flora of Yucatan'' (1895-1898); "Flora of Santa Carolina Island" (1923); and many articles in scientific and popular journals. He was a skilled scientific illustrator and artist, producing the majority of the illustrations for his publications."
The genera ''
Millspaughia'' B.L.Rob. and ''
Neomillspaughia
''Neomillspaughia'' is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with three known species in Southeastern Mexico and Central America.
It was first described by S.F. Blake in 1921. He named the reclassified genus after Charles Frederick Mills ...
'' S.F.Blake (
Polygonaceae) were named in his honor.
Bibliography
Books by and about Charles Frederick Millspaugh on WorldCat
Results for 'Charles Frederick Millspaugh' (WorldCat.org)
at www.worldcat.org
See also
* Nashia
''Nashia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the vervain family, Verbenaceae.
Until recently, there were 7 known species to exist within the genus ''Nashia''.Marx, H. E., et al. (2010)A molecular phylogeny and classification of Verbenaceae.''Amer ...
* Cubanthus
* List of botanists by author abbreviation
Notes
External links
"American Medicinal Plants" by C.F. Millspaugh, 1887Publications by Charles Frederick Millspaugh
at the Biodiversity Heritage Library
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''Flora of West Virginia'' by C. F. Millspaugh, 1892, Hathi Trust Digital Library"Contributions to the Flora of the Yucatan" by C.F. Millspaugh
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American science writers
Botanists active in the Caribbean
American botanists
American male journalists
1854 births
1923 deaths
Cornell University alumni
People associated with the Field Museum of Natural History