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Blumer, Jacob Corwin (1872-1948)
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Jacob Corwin
Last name
Blumer
Initials
J.C.
Life Dates
1872 - 1948
Collecting Dates
1901 - 1909
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
ARIZ, B, BM, DS, E, F, GH, ISC, K, KSC, L, MICH, MIN, MO, NMC, NY, U, US, WTU
Countries
North American region: Canada, United StatesCentral American Continent: Mexico
Biography
Swiss born American plant collector and farmer. Jacob Blumer published few botanical works but was an enthusiastic collector and fieldworker in the south-west of the USA. Born in Engi, Switzerland, he moved with his family to Davis County, Iowa where his father began to farm. Attending Iowa State College he received a bachelor's degree in 1902 and also studied at the University of Michigan (1904-1906). During this period Blumer spent his summers as a seasonal worker for the US Forestry Service and this role enabled him to work and collect in Idaho, Colorado and Arizona.
In 1907-1908 he undertook his first major botanical expedition to Arizona, collecting in the Chiricahua Mountains, and over the following year or so gathered specimens in the Rincon Mountains and other ranges of southern Arizona. At this time Blumer was selling many of his specimens to fund his travels. One institution which purchased his material was the Carnegie Desert Laboratory in Tucson and Blumer worked there during 1907-1908, mapping the distribution of certain plant species and sampling soil. It seems that he struggled to see projects through and left several paid botanical positions for various reasons, including this one.
During the early 1910s Blumer continued to collect in Arizona, taking a particular interest in the Sonoran desert, and later worked as an assistant forester for the Commission of Conservation in Canada (1913-1916). In 1917 he made the decision to farm for a living and during the 1930s and 40s lived alone on a farm outside Clinton in Minnesota. Blumer was responsible for 23 scientific papers, the most important of which focused on ecology, topography and plant communities in the south-west. His herbarium, at the time of his death from a heart attack in 1948, contained over 10,000 specimens.
Sources:
J.E. Bowers, 1983, "Jacob Corwin Blumer, Arizona botanist", Brittonia, 35(3): 197-203
F.A. Stafleu and R.S. Cowan, 1976-1998, Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition (TL-2).
In 1907-1908 he undertook his first major botanical expedition to Arizona, collecting in the Chiricahua Mountains, and over the following year or so gathered specimens in the Rincon Mountains and other ranges of southern Arizona. At this time Blumer was selling many of his specimens to fund his travels. One institution which purchased his material was the Carnegie Desert Laboratory in Tucson and Blumer worked there during 1907-1908, mapping the distribution of certain plant species and sampling soil. It seems that he struggled to see projects through and left several paid botanical positions for various reasons, including this one.
During the early 1910s Blumer continued to collect in Arizona, taking a particular interest in the Sonoran desert, and later worked as an assistant forester for the Commission of Conservation in Canada (1913-1916). In 1917 he made the decision to farm for a living and during the 1930s and 40s lived alone on a farm outside Clinton in Minnesota. Blumer was responsible for 23 scientific papers, the most important of which focused on ecology, topography and plant communities in the south-west. His herbarium, at the time of his death from a heart attack in 1948, contained over 10,000 specimens.
Sources:
J.E. Bowers, 1983, "Jacob Corwin Blumer, Arizona botanist", Brittonia, 35(3): 197-203
F.A. Stafleu and R.S. Cowan, 1976-1998, Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition (TL-2).
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 71; Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Mem. 6 (1983): 9; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 80;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Jacob Corwin
Last name
Blumer
Initials
J.C.
Life Dates
1872 - 1948
Collecting Dates
1901 - 1909
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
ARIZ, B, BM, DS, E, F, GH, ISC, K, KSC, L, MICH, MIN, MO, NMC, NY, U, US, WTU
Countries
North American region: Canada, United StatesCentral American Continent: Mexico
Biography
Swiss born American plant collector and farmer. Jacob Blumer published few botanical works but was an enthusiastic collector and fieldworker in the south-west of the USA. Born in Engi, Switzerland, he moved with his family to Davis County, Iowa where his father began to farm. Attending Iowa State College he received a bachelor's degree in 1902 and also studied at the University of Michigan (1904-1906). During this period Blumer spent his summers as a seasonal worker for the US Forestry Service and this role enabled him to work and collect in Idaho, Colorado and Arizona.
In 1907-1908 he undertook his first major botanical expedition to Arizona, collecting in the Chiricahua Mountains, and over the following year or so gathered specimens in the Rincon Mountains and other ranges of southern Arizona. At this time Blumer was selling many of his specimens to fund his travels. One institution which purchased his material was the Carnegie Desert Laboratory in Tucson and Blumer worked there during 1907-1908, mapping the distribution of certain plant species and sampling soil. It seems that he struggled to see projects through and left several paid botanical positions for various reasons, including this one.
During the early 1910s Blumer continued to collect in Arizona, taking a particular interest in the Sonoran desert, and later worked as an assistant forester for the Commission of Conservation in Canada (1913-1916). In 1917 he made the decision to farm for a living and during the 1930s and 40s lived alone on a farm outside Clinton in Minnesota. Blumer was responsible for 23 scientific papers, the most important of which focused on ecology, topography and plant communities in the south-west. His herbarium, at the time of his death from a heart attack in 1948, contained over 10,000 specimens.
Sources:
J.E. Bowers, 1983, "Jacob Corwin Blumer, Arizona botanist", Brittonia, 35(3): 197-203
F.A. Stafleu and R.S. Cowan, 1976-1998, Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition (TL-2).
In 1907-1908 he undertook his first major botanical expedition to Arizona, collecting in the Chiricahua Mountains, and over the following year or so gathered specimens in the Rincon Mountains and other ranges of southern Arizona. At this time Blumer was selling many of his specimens to fund his travels. One institution which purchased his material was the Carnegie Desert Laboratory in Tucson and Blumer worked there during 1907-1908, mapping the distribution of certain plant species and sampling soil. It seems that he struggled to see projects through and left several paid botanical positions for various reasons, including this one.
During the early 1910s Blumer continued to collect in Arizona, taking a particular interest in the Sonoran desert, and later worked as an assistant forester for the Commission of Conservation in Canada (1913-1916). In 1917 he made the decision to farm for a living and during the 1930s and 40s lived alone on a farm outside Clinton in Minnesota. Blumer was responsible for 23 scientific papers, the most important of which focused on ecology, topography and plant communities in the south-west. His herbarium, at the time of his death from a heart attack in 1948, contained over 10,000 specimens.
Sources:
J.E. Bowers, 1983, "Jacob Corwin Blumer, Arizona botanist", Brittonia, 35(3): 197-203
F.A. Stafleu and R.S. Cowan, 1976-1998, Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition (TL-2).
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 71; Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Mem. 6 (1983): 9; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 80;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Jacob Corwin
Last name
Blumer
Initials
J.C.
Life Dates
1872 - 1948
Collecting Dates
1901 - 1909
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
ARIZ, B, BM, DS, E, F, GH, ISC, K, KSC, L, MICH, MIN, MO, NMC, NY, U, US, WTU
Countries
North American region: Canada, United StatesCentral American Continent: Mexico
Biography
Swiss born American plant collector and farmer. Jacob Blumer published few botanical works but was an enthusiastic collector and fieldworker in the south-west of the USA. Born in Engi, Switzerland, he moved with his family to Davis County, Iowa where his father began to farm. Attending Iowa State College he received a bachelor's degree in 1902 and also studied at the University of Michigan (1904-1906). During this period Blumer spent his summers as a seasonal worker for the US Forestry Service and this role enabled him to work and collect in Idaho, Colorado and Arizona.
In 1907-1908 he undertook his first major botanical expedition to Arizona, collecting in the Chiricahua Mountains, and over the following year or so gathered specimens in the Rincon Mountains and other ranges of southern Arizona. At this time Blumer was selling many of his specimens to fund his travels. One institution which purchased his material was the Carnegie Desert Laboratory in Tucson and Blumer worked there during 1907-1908, mapping the distribution of certain plant species and sampling soil. It seems that he struggled to see projects through and left several paid botanical positions for various reasons, including this one.
During the early 1910s Blumer continued to collect in Arizona, taking a particular interest in the Sonoran desert, and later worked as an assistant forester for the Commission of Conservation in Canada (1913-1916). In 1917 he made the decision to farm for a living and during the 1930s and 40s lived alone on a farm outside Clinton in Minnesota. Blumer was responsible for 23 scientific papers, the most important of which focused on ecology, topography and plant communities in the south-west. His herbarium, at the time of his death from a heart attack in 1948, contained over 10,000 specimens.
Sources:
J.E. Bowers, 1983, "Jacob Corwin Blumer, Arizona botanist", Brittonia, 35(3): 197-203
F.A. Stafleu and R.S. Cowan, 1976-1998, Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition (TL-2).
In 1907-1908 he undertook his first major botanical expedition to Arizona, collecting in the Chiricahua Mountains, and over the following year or so gathered specimens in the Rincon Mountains and other ranges of southern Arizona. At this time Blumer was selling many of his specimens to fund his travels. One institution which purchased his material was the Carnegie Desert Laboratory in Tucson and Blumer worked there during 1907-1908, mapping the distribution of certain plant species and sampling soil. It seems that he struggled to see projects through and left several paid botanical positions for various reasons, including this one.
During the early 1910s Blumer continued to collect in Arizona, taking a particular interest in the Sonoran desert, and later worked as an assistant forester for the Commission of Conservation in Canada (1913-1916). In 1917 he made the decision to farm for a living and during the 1930s and 40s lived alone on a farm outside Clinton in Minnesota. Blumer was responsible for 23 scientific papers, the most important of which focused on ecology, topography and plant communities in the south-west. His herbarium, at the time of his death from a heart attack in 1948, contained over 10,000 specimens.
Sources:
J.E. Bowers, 1983, "Jacob Corwin Blumer, Arizona botanist", Brittonia, 35(3): 197-203
F.A. Stafleu and R.S. Cowan, 1976-1998, Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition (TL-2).
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 71; Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Mem. 6 (1983): 9; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 80;
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