{"id":1792,"date":"2014-07-18T23:05:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T23:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/?page_id=1792"},"modified":"2014-07-18T23:05:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T23:05:39","slug":"biographies-of-ecologists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/biographies\/biographies-of-ecologists\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecologist Biographies (Books)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As an addition to our bibliographic lists, we are beginning to collect book-length biographies of and autobiographies by ecologists and ESA members, past and present, here. Please <a title=\"Contact the Historical Records Committee\" href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/about-the-hrc\/historical-records-committee-contact-form\/\">let us know<\/a> (or comment below) if you have suggestions! (Links are to listings at Amazon.com or Books.Google.com.)<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pioneer-Ecologist-Victor-Shelford-1877-1968\/dp\/087474315X\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pioneer Ecologist: The Life and Work of Victor Ernest Shelford 1877-1968<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Pioneer_Ecologist.html?id=XpNIAQAAIAAJ\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google books<\/a><br>\n1991. Robert A. Croker (Author), Francois Vuilleumier (Foreword). Smithsonian Institution Press. 222 pages<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=dAIgAQAAIAAJ\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henry Chandler Cowles: Pioneer Ecologist<\/a><br>\n2007. Victor M. Cassidy. Kedzie Sigel Press. 354 pages.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=D9tWrY_m7jEC&amp;d\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shaping Ecology: The Life of Arthur Tansley<\/a><br>\n2012. Peter G. Ayres. John Wiley &amp; Sons. 213 pages.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=B3U7KhXclcgC&amp;d\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Sense of Place: The Life and Work of Forrest Shreve<\/a><br>\n1988. Janice Emily Bowers. University of Arizona Press 195 pages ISBN: 0816510725.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=IdTaAAAAMAAJ&amp;d\">STEPHEN FORBES<\/a><br>\n2001. Robert A. Croker. Smithsonian, 232 pages.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rachel-Carson-Witness-Linda-Lear\/dp\/0547238231\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature<\/a><br>\n2009. Linda Lear (Author)<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/On-Farther-Shore-Legacy-Rachel\/dp\/0307462218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson<\/a> 2012. William Souder. Crown Publishers, New York.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Aldo-Leopold-His-Life-Work\/dp\/0299249042\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work<\/a><br>\n2010 Curt D. Meine (Author), Wendell Berry (Contributor). University of Wisconsin Press. 676 pages. ISBN-10: 0299249042, ISBN-13: 978-0299249045<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?isbn=030016174\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the Invention of Modern Ecology<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=OaW_rFxTm4MC&amp;d\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google eBook<\/a><br>\n2011. Nancy G. Slack. Yale University Press. 480 pages.<br>\n<a href=\"books.google.com\/books?isbn=1560256893\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond the Outer Shores: The Untold Odyssey of Ed Ricketts, the Pioneering Ecologist Who Inspired John Steinbeck and Joseph Campbell<\/a><br>\n2005. Eric Enno Tamm. Da Capo Press. 365 pages.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/ODYSSEY-WOMAN-FIELD-SCIENTIST-Persistence\/dp\/1441574417\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE ODYSSEY OF A WOMAN FIELD SCIENTIST: A Story of Passion, Persistence, and Patience<\/a><br>\n2010. JEAN H. LANGENHEIM (Author). Xlibris, Corp. 1441574417ISBN-13- 978-1441574411. 540 pages<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=f4SZxG_sWJAC&amp;d\">Life in the Treetops: Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"books.google.com\/books?isbn=0300084641\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google ebook<\/a><br>\n2000. Margaret D. Lowman, author. Yale University Press. 240 pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an addition to our bibliographic lists, we are beginning to collect book-length biographies of and autobiographies by ecologists and ESA members, past and present, here. Please let us know (or comment below) if you have suggestions! (Links are to listings at Amazon.com or Books.Google.com.) Pioneer Ecologist: The Life and Work of Victor Ernest Shelford 1877-1968\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Google books 1991. 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