| LC control no. | n 80038303 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rickett, Harold William, 1896-1989 |
| Variant(s) | Rickett, H. W. (Harold William), 1896-1989 |
| Birth date | 1896-07-30 |
| Death date | 1989-11-29 |
| Place of birth | Birmingham (England) |
| Place of death | Monterey (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | University of Missouri. New York Botanical Garden |
| Profession or occupation | Bibliographers Botanists College teachers Editors |
| Found in | Fertilization in sphaerocarpos, 1923: t.p. (H.W. Rickett) Walcott, M.V. Wildflowers of America, 1987, c1953: CIP t.p. (H.W. Rickett) OCLC, Oct. 22, 2002 (usages: H.W. Rickett, Harold W. Rickett, Harold William Rickett) Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 1991: volume 118, number 1, page 67-72 (Harold William Rickett, Bibliographer & Editor, 1896-1989; born in Birmingham, England on July 30, 1896; he came to the United States in 1911 and was a student at Harvard University for two years before completing the requirements for an A.B. degree at the University of Wisconsin in 1917; that year he also became a naturalized citizen and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the Army Reserves; he received an M.A. degree from Wisconsin in 1920 and a Ph. D. degree in 1922; he held an appointment as instructor from 1922 to 1924, when he moved to the University of Missouri as Assistant Professor of botany (1924-1928) and Associate Professor (1928-1939); in 1939 he was recruited to serve as assistant bibliographer at the New York Botanical Garden; Rickett had the title and function of bibliographer from 1942 to 1963; he served as Acting Assistant Director (botany) from 1959 to 1961, when he acquired the title of Senior Curator of the Library; he was appointed a Senior Botanist and the Wild Flower Project Botanist in 1963; in 1977 Rickett became Bibliographer Emeritus; his actual retirement was never officially noted, but some time after 1974 he moved to the West Coast, where he enjoyed an anonymous life) ancestry.com, May 31, 2016 (Harold William Rickett; born July 30, 1896; died November 29, 1989 in Monterey, Monterey, California) |
| Associated language | eng |
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