Frank Caleb Gates Explained

Frank Caleb Gates (September 12, 1887, in Chicago – March 31, 1955) was an American botanist and plant ecologist. He was the president of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 1952.^[1]

Biography

He graduated in 1910 with an A.B. from the University of Illinois and in 1912 with a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, where he was strongly influenced by Henry A. Gleason. Gates's dissertation Winter as a factor in the xerophily of certain evergreen plants was supervised by Frederick Charles Newcombe.^[1] From 1912 to 1915 Gates was an instructor at the University of the Philippines. He went on a surveying expedition in the Philippines. In June 1915 he married Margaret "Madge" Murray Thompson (1887–1964).^{[2] [3]} From 1916 to 1919 he was a professor at Carthage College. During WW I, he was in 1918 a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army Sanitary Corps. At Kansas State Agricultural College (now named Kansas State University), Gates was from 1919 to 1922 an assistant professor, from 1922 to 1928 an associate professor, and from 1928 until his death in 1955 a full professor.^[4] From 1915 to 1954 he taught during the summers at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS), located on the south shore of Douglas Lake in Cheboygan County, Michigan.^[1]

Gates was an expert on Michigan and Kansas vegetation. He did research on ecology, revegetation and succession, and, in particular, how winter affects the xerophily of some evergreen species.^[4]

In 1921 he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.^[5] In 1941 he was the president of the Kansas Academy of Science.^[4]

Frank C. Gates and his wife were the parents of David Murray Gates (1921–2016) and Margaret E. Gates (1923–2013).^[6]

Selected publications

• Gates, Frank C.. Winter as a factor in the xerophily of certain evergreen plants. Botanical Gazette. 1914. 57. 6. 445–489. 10.1086/331343. 84957324 . free.
• 2. 10.2307/2255294. 2255294 . A Sphagnum Bog in the Tropics . Gates . Frank C. . Journal of Ecology . 1915 . 3 . 1 . 24–30 . 1915JEcol...3...24G .
• 2 . 10.1086/331795 . Xerofotic Movements in Leaves . 1916 . Gates . Frank C. . Botanical Gazette . 61 . 5 . 399–407 . 84572794 . free .
• 2. 10.2307/2434969. 2434969 . The Relation between Evaporation and Plant Succession in a Given Area . Gates . Frank C. . American Journal of Botany . 1917 . 4 . 3 . 161–178 .
• 2. 43477587. The Revegetation of Taal Volcano, Philippine Islands . Gates . Frank C. . The Plant World . 1917 . 20 . 7 . 195–207 .
• 2. 10.2307/1929271. 1929271 . Influence of Moonlight on Movements of Leguminous Leaflets . Gates . Frank C. . Ecology . 1923 . 4 . 1 . 37–39 . 1923Ecol....4...37G .
• 2. 10.2307/2435459. 2435459 . Evaporation in Vegetation at Different Heights . Gates . Frank C. . American Journal of Botany . 1926 . 13 . 3 . 167–178 .
• 2. 10.1086/333646. Plant Successions About Douglas Lake, Cheboygan County, Michigan . 1926 . Gates . Frank C. . Botanical Gazette . 82 . 2 . 170–182 . 83969586 .
• 2. 10.1126/science.64.1668.595.b. Sand Flotation in Nature . 1926 . Gates . Frank C. . Science . 64 . 1668 . 595–596 . 17770710 . p. 596
• 2. 10.1086/333856. Nutation in Pinus Sylvestris . 1928 . Gates . Frank C. . Botanical Gazette . 85 . 4 . 451–456 . 83476046 .
• 2. 10.1086/334016. A Head of Sorghum with Greatly Proliferated Spikelets . 1929 . Laude . H. H. . Gates . F. C. . Botanical Gazette . 88 . 4 . 447–450 . 83768923 .
• 2. 10.1126/science.70.1806.148. The Gargoyle as a Scientific Instrument . 1929 . Gates . Frank C. . Science . 70 . 1806 . 148–149 . 17836677 . 1929Sci....70..148G .
• 2. 10.1086/334099. Aspen Association in Northern Lower Michigan . 1930 . Gates . Frank C. . Botanical Gazette . 90 . 3 . 233–259 . 84772965 .
• 2. 10.2307/1931649. 1931649 . The Dragoyle as an Ecological Instrument . Gates . Frank C. . Black . Robert L. . Ecology . 1931 . 12 . 2 . 448–452 . 1931Ecol...12..448G . p. 149 (See atmometer.)
• 2. 10.2307/3625148. 3625148 . Kansas Botanical Notes, 1935 . Gates . Frank C. . Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science . 1936 . 39 . 85–87 .
• 2. 3625062. Trends of Tree Migration in Kansas . Gates . F. C. . Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science . 1939 . 42 . 127–132 .
• 2. 10.1126/science.91.2367.449.b. Bog Levels . 1940 . Gates . Frank C. . Science . 91 . 2367 . 449–450 . 17838918 . 239858186 . p. 450
• 2. 10.2307/1943542. 1943542 . The Bogs of Northern Lower Michigan . Gates . Frank C. . Ecological Monographs . 1942 . 12 . 3 . 214–254 . 1942EcoM...12..213G .
• 2. 10.2307/1932815. 1932815 . Colonization of Certain Aquatic Plants on an Open Shoal . Gates . Frank C. . Ecology . 1948 . 29 . 2 . 205–208 . 1948Ecol...29..205G .
• Book: 2. Gates, Frank C.. 1949. McGraw-Hill.

  137 pages

  . 1st. Field manual of plant ecology. 1495218. agr49000418.
• 2. 10.2307/1931493. 1931493 . The Disappearing Sleeping Bear Dune . Gates . Frank C. . Ecology . 1950 . 31 . 3 . 386–392 . 1950Ecol...31..386G .

References

1. Web site: Sprugel, Doug. June 17, 2015. Frank C. Gates. Historical Records Committee, Ecological Society of America .
2. Web site: Frank C. Gates. Faculty History, University of Michigan.
3. Web site: Frank C. Gates papers . Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.
4. Book: Cattell, Jaques. American Men of Science: A Biographical Dictionary. 870. 1949. The Science Press. Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
5. Web site: Historic Fellows. American Association for the Advancement of Science.
6. Web site: Frank Caleb Gates. familysearch.org.