Rutherford Platt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 August 1894 |
| Died | 28 March 1975 (aged 80) |
| Education | Yale University, 1918 |
| Occupation(s) | Advertising executive, nature writer, photographer |
| Known for | nature writer |
| Spouse | Jean Dana Rutherford (née Noyes) |
Rutherford Platt (11 August 1894 – 28 March 1975) was an American nature writer and photographer who specialized in writing about trees.
Biography edit
Rutherford Platt was born 11 August 1894 in Columbus, Ohio.
Platt was a botanist for Rear Adm. Donald B. MacMillan's Arctic expeditions of 1947 and 1954.
He was an editor for The World's Work and Doubleday, Page & Company in the 1920s. He was a founder of Platt‐Forbes, Inc., an advertising agency representing food and industrial companies. In the 1950s he he founded Platt Productions Educational Films, from which he eventually retired.
He died on 28 March 1975 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Works by Platt edit
- Platt, Rutherford (1942). This Green World. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. OCLC 1241305.
- Platt, Rutherford (1956). The River of Life. Illustrations by Bernarda Bryson. New York: Simon and Schuster. OCLC 491798510.
- Platt, Rutherford (1957). Our Flowering World. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. OCLC 869535798.
- Platt, Rutherford (1957). Secrets of Life: A True-Life Adenture. New York: Walt Disney Productions / Golden Press. OCLC 3876159.
- Platt, Rutherford (1959). 1001 Questions Answered About Trees. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. OCLC 1002446.
- Platt, Rutherford (1961). Wilderness: The Discovery of a Continent of Wonder. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. OCLC 1075137.
- Platt, Rutherford (1962). American Trees: A Book of Discovery. Illustrations by Margaret L. Cosgrove. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. OCLC 832327038.
- Platt, Rutherford (1965). The Great American Forest. Illustrations by Stanley Wyatt. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. OCLC 924130621.
- Platt, Rutherford (1971). Water: The Wonder of Life. Illustrations by Stanley Wyatt. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. OCLC 751064803.
Bibliography edit
- "Rutherford Platt Dead at 80; Nature Writer, Photographer". The New York Times. 30 March 1975. p. 37.
Category:American nature writers Category:Botanical writers Category:American advertising executives Category:1894 births Category:1975 deaths Category:Yale University alumni