Henry Chandler Cowles

Henry Chandler Cowles
Born(1869-02-27)February 27, 1869
DiedSeptember 12, 1939(1939-09-12) (aged 70)
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Oberlin College
Known forEcological succession
SpouseElizabeth Waller[1]
ChildrenHarriet[1]
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Thesis The Ecological Relations of the Vegetation on the Sand Dunes of Lake Michigan  (1898)
Doctoral advisorJohn Merle Coulter
Doctoral studentsVictor Ernest Shelford
William Skinner Cooper
Paul Sears
Henry C. Cowles in the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, 1913

Henry Chandler Cowles (February 27, 1869 – September 12, 1939) was an American botanist and ecological pioneer. A professor at the University of Chicago,[2] he studied ecological succession in the Indiana Dunes of Northwest Indiana.[3][4] This led to efforts to preserve the Indiana Dunes.[3][5] One of Cowles' students, O. D. Frank continued his research.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Guide to the Henry C. Cowles Collectioncirca 1860s-1985". University of Chicago Library. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  2. ^ "Ecology and the American Environment". Library of Congress. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2009). The Historical Roots of the Nature Conservancy in the Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland Region: From Science to Preservation Archived 2016-01-01 at the Wayback Machine. The South Shore Journal, 3.
  4. ^ Schons, Mary. "Henry Chandler Cowles". National Geographic. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  5. ^ Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2006). Alice Gray, Dorothy Buell, and Naomi Svihla: Preservationists of Ogden Dunes Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine. The South Shore Journal, 1.
  6. ^ Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2007). The cultural impact of a museum in a small community: The Hour Glass of Ogden Dunes Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine. The South Shore Journal, 2.