Oliver Atkins Farwell Explained

Oliver Atkins Farwell (13 December 1867, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts – 18 September 1944, Lake Linden, Michigan) was a herbarium curator, botanist, and drug inspector.^[1]

As a boy he moved with his family to Michigan, where he was educated at public schools and the Michigan State Normal School. He taught in 1889 and 1890 at Michigan state secondary schools and from 1890 to 1892 at Michigan State Normal School. In 1892 Farwell became a herbarium curator and drug inspector for Parke, Davis and Company^[1] and retired there in 1933.^[2] Rogers McVaugh, Stanley A. Cain, and Dale J. Hagenah (1908–1971) wrote a 101-page account of Farwell's life and work.^[3]

Selected publications

• 2479765. Notes on the Michigan Species of Polygonatum. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 42. 5. 247–258. Farwell. Oliver Atkins. 1915. 10.2307/2479765.
• Farwell, Oliver Atkins. Contributions to the Botany of Michigan No. 14. Michigan Novelties. Report of the Michigan Academy of Science. 17. 1916. 167–182.
• 1544790. Notes on Hippochaete. American Fern Journal. 7. 3. 73–76. Farwell. Oliver Atkins. 1917. 10.2307/1544790.
• Farwell, Oliver Atkins. Sisyrinchium Bermudiana. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club. 17. 1918. 82–83.
• 23298343. Bromelica (Thurber): A New Genus of Grasses. Rhodora. 21. 244. 76–78. Farwell. Oliver Atkins. 1919.
• 23297530. Necessary Changes in Botanical Nomenclature. Rhodora. 21. 245. 101–103. Farwell. Oliver Atkins. 1919.
• 2992922. Farwell. Oliver Atkins. Botanical Gleanings in Michigan. III. The American Midland Naturalist. 10. 1. 19–46. 1926. 10.2307/2992922.
• 2993139. Farwell. Oliver Atkins. Botanical Gleanings in Michigan V. The American Midland Naturalist. 11. 2. 41–71. 1928. 10.2307/2993139.
• 2993140. Farwell. Oliver Atkins. Contributions to the Botany of Michigan, No. 15. Miscellaneous Notes. The American Midland Naturalist. 11. 2. 72–85. 1928. 10.2307/2993140. 1928
• 2419908. 10.2307/2419908. Botanical Gleanings in Michigan, VI. American Midland Naturalist. 12. 4. 113–134. 1930. Farwell. Oliver Atkins.
• 10.2307/2420088. 2420088. Fern Notes II. Ferns in the Herbarium of Parke, Davis & co. American Midland Naturalist. 12. 8. 233–311. 1931. Farwell. Oliver Atkins.
• 23300603. Concerning Some Species of Cornus of Philip Miller. Rhodora. 33. 387. 68–72. Farwell. Oliver Atkins. 1931.

Notes and References

1. Book: Farwell, Oliver Atkins. https://books.google.com/books?id=nW1bTkMF2UMC&pg=PA813. 813. Men of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries. New York City. L. R. Hamersly & Co. Leonard, John William. 1908.
2. Dr. Oliver Atkins Farwell. Science. 27 October 1944. 100. 2600. 379–80. 10.1126/science.100.2600.379-a. 17740315.
3. Book: Edens, Janice L.. George A. Cevasco. Richard P. Harmond. Modern American Environmentalists: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Cain Stanley Adair. https://books.google.com/books?id=mTSIPaCr2DYC&pg=PA72. 15 June 2009. JHU Press. 978-0-8018-9524-1. 72.