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Edward W. Berry

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Major expeditions
Participation in scientific societies
Selected bibliography
Awards and honors
References
External links

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Mary Clark Thompson Medal (1942)
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Edward Wilber Berry (February 10, 1875 – September 20, 1945) was an American paleontologist and botanist; the principal focus of his research was paleobotany. Berry studied North and South American flora and published taxonomic studies with theoretical reconstructions of paleoecology and phytogeography. He started his scientific career as an amateur scientist. At Johns Hopkins University he held various positions including teacher, research scientist, scientific editor and administrator.

Major expeditions

1919: co-leader, Johns Hopkins George H. Williams Memorial Expedition, Andes Mountains
1927: geological expedition to Peru and Ecuador
1933: geological expedition to Venezuela

Participation in scientific societies

1924: president, Paleontological Society of America
1945: president, Geological Society of America

Selected bibliography

1916. The Lower Eocene Floras of Southeastern North America
1924. The Middle and Upper Eocene floras of Southeastern North America. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 92
1925. {{cite journal|title=A species of Musa in the Tertiary of South America|journal=PNAS|volume=11|issue=6|pages=298–299|pmc=1085991|doi=10.1073/pnas.11.6.298|pmid=16587004|year=1925|last1=Berry|first1=E. W.}}
1929. {{cite journal|title=An Eocene forest in the Peruvian desert|journal=PNAS|volume=15|issue=4|pages=345–346|pmc=522462|pmid=16587479|date=Apr 1929|doi=10.1073/pnas.15.4.345 |last1=Berry|first1=E. W.}}
1929. {{cite journal|title=Fossil plants and mountain uplifts in the Pacific states|journal=PNAS|volume=15|issue=6|pages=477–480|pmc=522493|pmid=16577207|date=Jun 1929|doi=10.1073/pnas.15.6.477 |last1=Berry|first1=E. W.}}
1934. {{cite journal|title=Miocene Patagonia|journal=PNAS|volume=20|issue=5|pages=280–282|pmc=1076401|doi=10.1073/pnas.20.5.280|pmid=16587887|year=1934|last1=Berry|first1=E. W.}}
1937. {{cite journal|title=Succession of fossil floras in Patagonia|journal=PNAS|volume=23|issue=10|pages=537–542|pmc=1076984|doi=10.1073/pnas.23.10.537|pmid=16577811|year=1937|last1=Berry|first1=E. W.}}

Awards and honors

1901: Walker Prize, Boston Society of Natural History
1921: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[1]
1922: National Academy of Sciences
1930: honorary doctorate by Lehigh University
1942: Mary Clark Thompson Medal from the National Academy of Sciences^[2]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|accessdate=June 24, 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Mary Clark Thompson Medal |url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_thompson |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |accessdate=15 February 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229195631/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_thompson |archivedate=29 December 2010 |df= }}

Science/AAAS

External links

Chrono-Biographical Sketches
National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir

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