URI(s)
Fuller Name
- Charles Vancouver
Variants
- Piper, Charles Vancouver, 1867-1926
- Piper, C. V. (Charles Vancouver), 1867-1926
- Piper, Charles (Charles Vancouver), 1867-1926
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1867-06-16
Death Date
- 1926-02-11
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1920
- Affiliation End: 1926
- Organization: United States Golf Association. Green Section
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1907
- Affiliation End: 1926
- Organization: American Society of Agronomy
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1903
- Affiliation End: 1926
- Organization: United States. Department of Agriculture
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 189X
- Affiliation End: 1900
- Organization: Harvard University
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1892
- Affiliation End: 1903?
- Organization: Agricultural College, Experiment Station, and School of Science of the State of Washington
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 188X
- Affiliation End: 1885
- Organization: Territorial University (Wash.)
Birth Place
- Victoria (Ont. : County)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
(lcsh) Agriculturalists
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Piper, Charles Vancouver, 1867-1926
Sources
- found: LCCN 15-25085: His Flora of the northwest coast, 1915(hdg.: Piper, Charles Vancouver, 1867-1926; usage: Charles V. Piper)
- found: Agriculture yearbook, 1924:p. 285 (C.V. Piper; Bureau of Plant Industry)
- found: Archives West (website), viewed Jan. 5, 2024:Robert Edward Hungate Collection of C.V. Piper Materials, 1885-1946 (Charles Vancouver Piper was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and raised in Seattle Washington. He attended the Territorial University of Washington until 1892. He achieved prominence as a botanist, on staff at the Washington Agricultural College and School of Science (later WSU), and as a researcher with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Piper is credited with discovering Sudan grass, an African plant that was introduced to North America as a forage plant. He was greatly involved in the re-discovery of Meriwether Lewis' lost herbarium and encouraged the publications of journals of earlier plant explorers of the Northwest, such as Archibald Menzies and David Douglas.) - https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv95236
- found: Wikipedia, viewed Jan. 16, 2024:Charles Piper (Charles Vancouver Piper (16 June 1867 - 11 February 1926) was an American botanist and agriculturalist. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, he spent his youth in Seattle, Washington Territory and graduated from the University of Washington Territory in 1885. He taught botany and zoology in 1892 at the Washington Agricultural College (now Washington State University) in Pullman. He earned a master's degree in botany in 1900 from Harvard University. In 1903, Piper began a career at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., which lasted until his death there. He worked on the domestication and introduction of grasses. On a trip to Africa, he found Sudan grass and introduced it to North America as a forage plant (vegetable matter eaten by livestock). Piper noted that much less study had been made of forage crops as compared to cotton, cereals, and other crops. He attributed this to the lack of economic incentive in studying forage plants. He was a founding member of the American Society of Agronomy in 1907 and served later as its president. Piper's knowledge of grasses led him to become Chairman of the United States Golf Association's Green Section from 1920 until his death.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Piper
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Change Notes
- 1987-07-23: new
- 2024-01-17: revised
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