Abel Joel Grout Explained

Abel Joel Grout
Birth Date:March 24, 1867
Birth Place:Newfane, Vermont
Death Place:East Bradenton, Florida
Nationality:American
Field:Botany
Work Institutions:Curtis High School
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Alma Mater:University of Vermont
Columbia University
Doctoral Advisor:Elizabeth Gertrude Britton
Known For:Bryology
Author Abbrev Bot:Grout

Abel Joel Grout (1867–1947) was an American bryologist, an expert on pleurocarpous mosses, and founding member of the Sullivant Moss Society.[1]

Biography

Grout was born near Newfane, Vermont. In 1890, he received his Bachelor of Philosophy from the University of Vermont, graduating with his childhood friend Marshall Avery Howe.[2] After acquiring his doctorate at Columbia University in 1897, he turned to teaching at various locations. From 1908 to 1930, he taught at Curtis High School in Staten Island. After his retirement, he continued to teach summer bryology courses at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.[3]

His primary focus was mosses, which he developed an interest in during high school. Initially, his doctoral research concerned marine algae under Nathaniel Lord Britton, but he switched to the study of the moss genus Brachythecium under Elizabeth Gertrude Britton.

Together, Grout and Mrs. Britton founded the Sullivant Moss Society, now called the American Bryological and Lichenological Society. He served as the first president of the organization. Grout was also the first editor of The Bryologist, which evolved from a serial started with Willard Nelson Clute. He wrote numerous papers on the topic of mosses.

Grout died in Bradenton, Florida.

Selected publications

Grout issued four exsiccatae, one with the title North American Musci pleurocarpi. [7] [8]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000151576 Grout, Abel Joel (1867-1947) at JSTOR
  2. Schnooberger . Irma . Moss Rock Cabin . The Bryologist . 1947 . 50 . 2 . 213–217 . 3239259 . 10.1639/0007-2745(1947)50[213:MRC]2.0.CO;2 .
  3. 3239159 . William Campbell . Steere . William C. Steere . Abel Joel Grout (1867–1947) . . 51 . 4 . 1948 . 201–212 . 10.1639/0007-2745(1948)51[201:AJG]2.0.CO;2 .
  4. Macoun, John. John Macoun. Review of Mosses with Hands-lens and Microscope by Abel Grout. The Ottawa Naturalist. XX. 6. 132. September 1906.
  5. Review of Mosses with a Hands-lens by Abel Grout. The Ottawa Naturalist. XX. 2. 44. May 1906.
  6. The Bryologist. Holzinger, John M.. John Michael Holzinger. Review of The Moss Flora of New York City and Vicinity by A. J. Grout. March 1917. XX. 2. 28–29.
  7. Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  8. Web site: North American Musci pleurocarpi: IndExs ExsiccataID=1352415743 . IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae . Botanische Staatssammlung München . 3 August 2024.