Justin P. Moore
Justin Payson Moore | |
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| Born | May 8, 1840 Augusta, Maine, USA |
| Died | August 10, 1923 Oakland, California, USA |
| Known for | catalogue of USA Pacific Coast fungi; vice-president California Academy of Sciences |
| Spouse | Charlotte D. Moore |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | mycology; librarianship |
Justin Payson Moore (1840–1923) was a natural historian, particularly interested in mycology. He became vice-president of the California Academy of Sciences from 1880 - 1883.
Career
[edit | edit source]Moore was elected a member of the California Academy of Sciences in 1875 and was the vice-president in 1880–1883 and again in 1886, although he resigned in October 1886.[1]
Moore had broad interests in natural history but his major focus was fungi. He became the academy's curator of botany in 1882 and 1883. He co-authored the important early work Catalogue of the Pacific Coast Fungi with H. W. Harkness in 1880 (published by the California Academy of Sciences).[2]
After 1886 he was not active in the academy but he donated books and money for rebuilding the academy after the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco.[4]
Moore resigned from the academy in 1889 and for 20 years from the late 1890s was librarian and assistant secretary of the Fire Underwriters Association of the Pacific.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Justin Payson Moore was born in Augusta, Maine on 8 May, probably in 1840. He was probably trained as a minister and sent to Benicia in California in October 1865 by the Congregational Home Missionary Society. Moore was married and his wife, Charlotte D. Moore, outlived him.[1]
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