Edward Strieby Steele (1850–1942) was an American botanist.[1]

Edward Strieby Steele
Born(1850-04-20)April 20, 1850
DiedJanuary 3, 1942(1942-01-03) (aged 91)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materOberlin College
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)E.S.Steele

Steele graduated from Oberlin College with a bachelor's degree in 1872 and a seminary degree in 1877. In 1889 he went to Washington, D.C., to work for the editorial staff of the Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia.[2] In Washington, D.C., on 28 January 1891 he married Grace Avery King (1848–1932). Mr. and Mrs. Steele were botanical co-collectors for many years.[3] Edward S. Steele worked for the U.S. federal government for twenty-seven years in "various capacities including a botanical clerk for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as an editorial assistant for the United States National Museum, Division of Plants, 1912–1918, and an assistant botanist."[2] He moved to Los Angeles in 1932 when his wife died. He and his niece, Helen Steele Pratt (1883–1965), were botanical co-collectors in Southern California and sent about 350 botanical specimens to the Oberlin herbarium.

Helen S. Pratt graduated from Oberlin College with an A.B. in 1906. She was a naturalist and nature teacher, credited as the main person responsible for California's adoption of the California quail as the state bird.[4][5] Edward S. Steele's father, James Steele, was involved in helping the Amistad captives return to Africa.

Eponyms

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Steele, Edward Strieby; Greene, Edward Lee; Eaton, Alvah A. (19 June 1901). "Sixth list of additions to the flora of Washington, DC and Vicinity". Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Washington. 14: 47–86.
  2. ^ a b "Steele, Edward Strieby, 1850–1942". Smithsonian Institution Archives.
  3. ^ "Steele, Edward Strieby (1850–1942)". Global Plants, JSTOR.
  4. ^ "Descanso Gardens Bird Observation Station". The Historical Marker Database.
  5. ^ "Helen Steele Pratt, Audubon Pioneer". Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society.
  6. ^ Lamont, Eric E. (1990). "Eupatorium steelei (Asteraceae), a new species from the southern Appalachian Mountains of eastern USA". Brittonia. 42 (4): 279–282. doi:10.2307/2806817. JSTOR 2806817. S2CID 37961328.
  7. ^ "Eutrochium steelei". Plants Database, USDA.
  8. ^ International Plant Names Index.  E.S.Steele.