Caroline Coventry Haynes

Caroline Coventry Haynes (13 April 1858 – 4 September 1951) was an American bryologist and painter, known for her study of liverworts and other hepatics.[1][2]

Caroline Coventry Haynes
Born13 April 1858 Edit this on Wikidata
New York City Edit this on Wikidata
Died4 September 1951 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 93)
OccupationBryologist, botanical collector, painter, scientific illustrator Edit this on Wikidata
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Early life and artistic career edit

Haynes was born on the 13th of April 1858 in New York to Caroline DeForest and her husband Frederick William Haynes.[3][4] She completed her formal education at schools in New York and then travelled to Paris where she studied painting with William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Claude Monet.[2] During the 1890s Haynes was a member of the New York Water Color Club and exhibited at several annual exhibitions.[5] She also exhibited a work at the National Academy of Design Annual Exhibit in 1897.[6] She was a member and served as president of the Woman's Art Club of New York in 1899.[7] In the early 1900s she was appointed a member of the jury of selection for the New York Water Color Club annual exhibition and also served on the hanging committee.[8] A painting by Haynes is held at the New-York Historical Society.[9]

Botanical career edit

Haynes returned to New York from Paris in 1902 and studied botany with Marshall A. Howe at the New York Botanic Garden.[10] Between 1908 and 1913 she issued the exsiccata series American Hepaticae. Prepared by Carolyn Coventry Haynes.[11]

The standard author abbreviation Haynes is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ McCormick, Carol Ann. "Caroline Coventry Haynes". Collectors of the UNC Herbarium. UNC Herbarium. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b Sharp, Aaron J. (June 1955). "Caroline Coventry Haynes (1858-1951)". The Bryologist. 58 (2): 149–152. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(1955)58[149:CCH]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3240432.
  3. ^ "Caroline Coventry Haynes". www.familysearch.org. 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  4. ^ Sharp, Aaron J. (1955). "Caroline Coventry Haynes (1858-1951)". The Bryologist. 58 (2): 149–152. ISSN 0007-2745.
  5. ^ New York Water Color Club (1890). Catalogue of the Seventh Annual exhibition. New York: New York Water Color Club.
  6. ^ National Academy of Design (U.S.) (1897). Catalogue of the annual exhibition 1897. New York: National Academy of Design.
  7. ^ Levy, Florence N. (1899). American Art Directory 1980. New York: R.R. Bowker. p. 32.
  8. ^ New York Water Color Club (1900). Annual exhibition. Boston Public Library. New York: New York Water Color Clug.
  9. ^ "Caroline Coventry Haynes". emuseum.nyhistory.org. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  10. ^ "Haynes, Caroline Coventry (1858-1951) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  11. ^ "American Hepaticae. Prepared by Carolyn Coventry Haynes: IndExs ExsiccataID=255580416". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  12. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Haynes.