Lester Frank Ward

Lester Frank Ward was an American geologist, sociologist, botanist, writer, paleontologist and botanical collector (1841–1913). He was born at Joliet and died at Washington, D.C.

Also recorded as Ward.

Overview

Born at Joliet in 1841, died at Washington, D.C. in 1913.

Career and activity

He was employed by United States Geological Survey, Smithsonian Institution and Brown University. Recorded position is President of the American Sociological Association. He worked at United States.

Catalogued works

41 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1862 to 1899. The first 12 are listed here.

Asa Gray correspondence. Senders Wa-Wh. The utilitarian character of dynamic sociology. On the natural succession of the Dicotyledons. Fossil cycadean trunks of North America, with a revision of the genus Cycadeoidea Buckland. Pamphlets. Field and closet notes on the flora of Washington and vicinity. Check-list [of the flora of Washington and vicinity. Origin of the plane-trees. Notes on the flora of Eastern Virginia. Report on the petrified forests of Arizona. Third list of additions to the flora of Washington, D.C. Fourth list of additions to the flora of Washington, D.C.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Ward, Lester Frank (1841-1913), sociologist and geologist, American National Biography Online, 2000. Lester Frank Ward, American Sociological Theory, 1981. Lester Frank Ward, Science, 1913. Ward, Lester Frank (1841–1913), The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, 2005. Ward, Lester Frank (1841–1913), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2017.

In detail

Lester Frank Ward studied at George Washington University.

Residence is recorded at United States. Employment is recorded with United States Geological Survey, Smithsonian Institution and Brown University. Positions recorded include President of the American Sociological Association.

Chronology

  1. 1841Lester Frank Ward born at Joliet.
  2. 1913Lester Frank Ward died at Washington, D.C..

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Lester Frank Ward”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q679184: Lester Frank Ward

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