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很少参加学术会议的美国著名古植物学家Roland W. Brown (1893--1961)
学术会议是学术交流和合作的重要形式和内容。学术会议似乎越来越多,呈现产业化、庸俗化的趋势,有些研究者几乎成了会议虫子—“会虫”,把会议当成了变相的公费旅游。这种现象的蔓延导致现代学术会议的种种病垢。然而,有些研究者一生几乎不参加任何学术会议,至于何故,不得而知。
美国著名古植物学家Roland W. Brown (1893--1961)生前主要供职于美国联邦地质调查局。Roland W. Brown主要研究新生代植物,并对科学术语的词源学(etymology)有深入研究。Roland W. Brown也是一位很了不起的词源学家(etymologist)。
Roland W. Brown (1893--1961)[Photo credit:http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_10855]
20世纪50年代,美国著名古植物学家Henry N. Andrews Jr. (NAS, 1910--2002)和Roland W. Brown有很多交往。Henry N. Andrews Jr.回忆说,Roland W. Brown生活相当节俭,而且很少参加学术会议。
(1) Roland W. Brown基本经历
1893年,Roland W. Brown 出生于宾夕法尼亚州的Weatherly之小镇。他在约翰·霍普金斯大学(JHU)跟随著名古植物学家、美国科学院院士Edward Wilber Berry (1875--1945)攻读博士学位。1926年,Roland W. Brown获得博士学位,其博士学位论文基本信息如下:
Title: Composition and environment ofthe Green River flora
Author: Roland W. Brown
Publisher: [Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1929]
Dissertation: Thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 1926
1926—1928年,Roland W. Brown在宾夕法尼亚地质调查局(Pennsylvania Geological Survery)、耶鲁大学等有短暂工作经历。1928年,Roland W. Brown开始供职于美国联邦地质调查局,直到1958年退休。Roland W. Brown生前兼职于史密松研究院的美国国家自然历史博物馆多年。
(2) Roland W. Brown的古植物学成就
Roland W. Brown知识渊博,著述很多,属于传统的古植物学研究。他的博士论文工作研究了始新世Green River植物群,正式发表于1934年,是他的代表作之一。
Title: The recognizable Species of the Green River flora
Attribution: Roland W. Brown.
Published: Washington : Government Printing Office, 1934.
Description: p. 45-77 : pl. ; 29 cm.
Language: English
Other title: Professional paper (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ; no. 185-C.;
Series: Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1934-35 (Pages 45-77);
Geological Survey (U.S.). Professional paper ; 185-C;
Creation Date: 1934
HOLLIS Number: 006679137
Permalink: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/006679137/catalog
Source: HVD ALEPH
美国的Colorado River
View of a rocky canyon with a blue river curving around a large bluff
Horseshoe Bend, Page, Arizona
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River
美国的Green River
The Green River at Mineral Bottom, a few kilometres north of where the river enters en:Canyonlands National Park. Just visible, center-right, is the BLM maintained put-in/take-out; the en:rivertrip from en:Green River, Utah to Mineral Bottom (and beyond) is very popular.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_(Colorado_River)
美国的Green River Formation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_Formation
Roland W. Brown的其他成果,如:
Additions to some fossil floras of the western United States;
Algal pillars miscalled geyser cones.
Palmlikeplants from the Dolores formation (Triassic), southwestern Colorado
(3) Roland W. Brown的词源学成就
早在1927年,Roland W. Brown就完成了一本题为“Materials for WordStudy”之小书。Roland W. Brown不断充实,渐成一本非常综合的工具书。他本想请求美国联邦地质调查局资助出版这本书,但未能如愿。1954年,一生异常吝啬节俭的Roland W. Brown博士自费出版了他的传世大作----Composition of scientific words !
Title: Composition of scientific words; a manual of methods and a lexicon of materials for the practice of logotechnics.
Subject:Science -- Terminology.;
English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries.
Published: [Washington] : The Author ; 1954.
Description: 882 p. 24 cm.
Language: English
Notes: "A revised and greatly enlarged version of...[the author's] Materials for word-study, published in 1927."
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 877-880.
Series: The Author ; ;
Creation Date: 1954
HOLLIS Number: 000740835
Permalink: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/000740835/catalog
Source: HVD ALEPH
孙启高(2014年12月22日整理)
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古植物学的故事260期[总第261期]
Story of Palaeobotany Series (No.260) [The 261stissue in total]
Umbrella of American palaeobotany—66:
很少参加学术会议的美国著名古植物学家Roland W. Brown (1893--1961)
American famous palaeobotanist-- Roland W. Brown (1893--1961) rarely attended any meetings
http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-225931-853336.html
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相关阅读:
Roland W. Brown in Smithsonian Archives
http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_10855
Umbrella of American palaeobotany—55:
自学成才的美国科学院院士Edward Wilber Berry (1875--1945) 与约翰·霍普金斯大学古植物学
Edward Wilber Berry (1875--1945) and the palaeobotany ofthe Johns Hopkins University
http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-225931-847322.html
Catalogue of Umbrella of AmericanPalaeobotany
http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-225931-843288.html
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