William Louis Culberson

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William Louis Culberson
Born(1929-04-05)April 5, 1929
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
DiedFebruary 8, 2003(2003-02-08) (aged 73)
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Alma materUniversity of Cincinnati, University of Paris, University of Wisconsin–Madison
SpouseChicita F. Forman (m. 1953)
AwardsAcharius Medal (1992)
Scientific career
FieldsLichenology
InstitutionsDuke University
Doctoral advisorJohn Walter Thomson

William Louis "Bill" Culberson (April 5, 1929 in Indianapolis, Indiana – February 8, 2003 in Durham, North Carolina) was an American lichenologist.

Professional history

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Culberson earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Cincinnati, where he was influenced by E. Lucy Braun;[1] he subsequently attended the University of Paris and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

In 1955, Culberson joined the botany department at Duke University; he subsequently managed Duke's acquisition of the lichen-centric herbaria of Julien Harmand and Johan Havaas. He served as the Hugo L. Blomquist Professor.[2] In 2010, the lichen collection was officially named the William Louis & Chicita F. Culberson Lichen Herbarium & Library. In the mid-1970s he hosted Ingvar Kärnefelt at Duke; Kärnefelt studied the Culbersons' collections of Cetraria and later published a widely reproduced photograph he took of William and Chicita Culberson seated at their garden table.[3]

He served as president of the Botanical Society of America and the American Bryological and Lichenological Society[4] and as director of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens.[5] He was the first editor-in-chief of the journal Systematic Botany.[6] In 1992, he became one of the first modern recipients of the Acharius Medal.[7]

In 2000, Theodore Esslinger erected Culbersonia, which is a fungal genus in the family Caliciaceae and named in Bill Culberson and Chicita F. Culberson's honour, his "longtime friends and mentors".[8][9]

Personal life

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In 1953,[10] Dr. Culberson married fellow lichenologist Chicita F. Forman.

The standard author abbreviation W.L.Culb. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ WILLIAM LOUIS CULBERSON (1929-2003) in BOTANICAL ELECTRONIC NEWS (archived at the University of Oklahoma); by Lewis E. Anderson; published February 26, 2003
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  5. ^ Obituary: Dr. William Louis Culberson (1929 - 2003); by Isao Yoshimura; in the Newsletter of the Japanese Society for Lichenology, no. 21 (page 72 - English version); retrieved October 22, 2013
  6. ^ PLANT SCIENCE BULLETIN: A Publication of the Botanical Society of America, December 1975 Vol. 21 No. 4; archived at Botany.org
  7. ^ Acharius Medallists Archived 2021-06-24 at the Wayback Machine at Lichenology.org; retrieved October 22, 2013
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  10. ^ Acharius Medallists: William Louis Culberson Archived 2007-07-19 at the Wayback Machine at Lichenology.org; retrieved October 22, 2013
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