William Chambers Coker
William Chambers Coker was an American botanist, mycologist, writer, botanical collector and biologist (1872–1953). He was born at South Carolina.
Also recorded as W.C. Coker; Coker; William C. Coker; W. C. Coker.
William Chambers Coker in brief
- Born
- 1872
- Died
- 1953
- Known for
- botanist, mycologist, writer, botanical collector and biologist
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings W.C. Coker, Coker, William C. Coker and W. C. Coker. His recorded language was English.
He was the child of James Lide Coker. He married Louise Manning Venable Coker.
Formation and teaching
William Chambers Coker studied at University of South Carolina and Johns Hopkins University.
As a teacher, William Chambers Coker is recorded in connection with Rebecca Ward Reynolds. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Catalogued works
45 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.
Lewis David von Schweinitz drawings of fungi. William Gilson Farlow miscellaneous specimen lists : collectors C-E. The clavarias of the United States and Canada. The Gasteromycetes of the Eastern United States and Canada. The plant life of Hartsville, S.C. Achlya Glomerata. sp.nov. Distribution of Rhododendron Catawbiense. New or noteworthy Basidiomycetes. Leptolegnia from North Carolina. Craterallus, Cantharellus and related genera in North Carolina. Other water molds from the soil. Lars Romell. Chapel Hill liverworts. Observations on the lawns of Chapel Hill. Dr. Thomas Grant Harbison. The Russulas of North Carolina. Mycenas of North Carolina. The Laurel oak or Darlington oak (Quercus laurifolia Michx.). Selected notes. A remarkable new Rhododendron. New genus of water mold related to Blastocladia. Leaf variation in liriodendron tulipifera. New species of Achlya ... Geasters of the United States and Canada. Laccarias and Clytocybes of North Carolina. A new scleroderma from Bermuda. Two new species of water molds. The Amanitas of the Eastern United States. A remarkable saprophytic fungoid alga. Letters from the collection of Dr. Charles Wilkins Short. Thraustotheca clavata. The Lactarias of North Carolina. The distribution of Venus's fly trap. The bald cypress. The smaller species of pleurotus in North Carolina. Notes of fungi. Notes on the lower Basidiomycetes of North Carolina. Filmy ferns in South Carolina. New method of sprouting pollen grains. New water molds from the soil. Notes on the Thelephoraceae of North Carolina. Further notes on Hydnums. New species of Thraustotheca. Notes on rare Hydnums. New species of Pythium.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
The Saprolegniaceae, with notes on other water molds, by William Chambers Coker., 1923. The clavarias of the United States and Canada , by William Chambers Coker, with ninety-two plates., 1923. The Gasteromycetes of the Eastern United States and Canada / by William Chambers Coker and John Nathaniel Couch., 1928. William Chambers Coker, Mycologia, 1954. <i>The Boletaceae of North Carolina.</i>William Chambers Coker , Alma Holland Beers, Botanical Gazette, 1943.
Digitised editions and texts
8 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
The Clavarias of the united states and canada (1923) — Internet Archive. the coletaceae of north carolina (1943) — Internet Archive. the stipitate hydnums of the eastern united states (1951) — Internet Archive. The Russulas of North Carolina (1918) — Internet Archive. Trees of the SouthEastern States Including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennesse, George, and Northern Florida (1934) — Internet Archive. Vegetation of the Bahama Islands (1905) — Internet Archive. Trees of the southeastern states (1934) — Internet Archive. the saprolegnianceae with notes on other water molds (1923) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1872William Chambers Coker born at South Carolina.
- 1905Vegetation of the Bahama Islands digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1918The Russulas of North Carolina digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1923The Clavarias of the united states and canada digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1934Trees of the SouthEastern States Including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennesse, George, and Northern Florida digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1943the coletaceae of north carolina digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1951the stipitate hydnums of the eastern united states digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1953William Chambers Coker died.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“William Chambers Coker”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q2331087: William Chambers Coker
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