Henry Chandler Cowles | |
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Born | |
Died | September 12, 1939 | (aged 70)
Alma mater | University of Chicago Oberlin College |
Known for | Ecological succession |
Spouse | Elizabeth Waller[1] |
Children | Harriet[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | University of Chicago |
Thesis | The Ecological Relations of the Vegetation on the Sand Dunes of Lake Michigan (1898) |
Doctoral advisor | John Merle Coulter |
Doctoral students | Victor Ernest Shelford William Skinner Cooper Paul Sears |
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]