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William Alfred Weber (November 16, 1918 – March 18, 2020) was an American
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and lichenologist. He was
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and former curator of the University of Colorado Museum Herbarium (Index Herbariorum designation COLO).


Biography

William Alfred Weber was born on November 16, 1918, and grew up in
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. He earned his Master's in 1942 and PhD in 1945, both at
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and began teaching at Colorado in 1946. In 2018 he was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS). He died on March 18, 2020 in
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.


Honors and awards

* 2018
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of the
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*2018 Elizabeth Britton Award for Lifetime Achievement in Bryology and the Chicita Culberson Award for Lifetime Achievement in Lichenology of the
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.


Selected publications

* Weber, W. A. 1946. A taxonomic and cytological study of the ''Wyethia'', family Compositae, with notes on the related genus ''Balsamorhiza''. Amer. Midl. Nat. 35:400-452. * Weber, W. A. 1950. Recent additions to the flora of Colorado. Univ. Colorado Stud., Ser. Biol. 1:46-50. * Weber, W. A. 1958. Rediscovery of ''Neoparrya''. Rhodora 60:265-271. * Weber, W. A. 1959. Some features of the distribution of Arctic relicts at their austral limits. Proc. IX Internat. Bot. Congr. 2:425-426. * Weber, W. A. 1962. Environmental modifications and the taxonomy of the crustose lichens. Sv. Bot. Tidskr. 56:293-333. * Weber, W. A. 1963. Additions to the bryophyte flora of Colorado. Bryologist 66:192-200. * Weber, W. A. 1967. A synopsis of the North American species of ''Cyphelium''. Bryologist 70:197-203. * Weber, W. A. 1976. Rocky Mountain Flora. 5th edition. Colorado Assoc., Univ. Press. * Weber, W. A. and G. Argus. 1986. ''Salix lanata'' ssp. ''calcicola'' in Colorado. Madroño 33:148-149.. * Weber, W. A. 1987B. Colorado Flora: Western Slope. Colorado Assoc. Univ. Press. * Weber, W. A. 1987. Noteworthy collections, Colorado. ''Bryum blindii'' BSG. Madroño 29:246. * Weber, W. A. Lichenes Exsiccati distributed by the University of Colorado Museum, Fasc. 17-18, Nos. 641-700. * *Colbridge, J. N., and W. A. Weber. 1998. ''A Rocky Mountain Lichen Primer''. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado.


See also

* :Taxa named by William Alfred Weber


References


Curriculum Vitae
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, William A. 1918 births 2020 deaths 20th-century American botanists American centenarians Men centenarians American taxonomists American lichenologists University of Colorado faculty Washington State University alumni Acharius Medal recipients