Lewis E. Anderson

(Professor Emeritus)

Lewis Anderson joined the Department of Botany at Duke in 1936 and has been an active researcher and outspoken member of the department since then. Over the course of his career, Lewis has conducted cytological and floristic research on mosses, with a special emphasis on the moss flora of the Southeastern United States. His floristic work culminated in the publication of The Mosses of Eastern North America, written in collaboration with Howard Crum. Since his retirement in 1980, Lewis has continued his research, and has had the time to work through a mountainous backlog of unidentified collections. His main obsession at this point is the genus Sphagnum.

When Lewis joined the department in 1936, the bryophyte herbarium consisted of a few thousand specimens houses in some shoe boxes. The collection presently numbers approximately 230,000 accessions, due in large part to the activities of Dr. Anderson and his students. In recognition of his contributions, the bryophyte herbarium was formally named the L.E. Anderson Bryophyte Herbarium in November, 1998.

 Shaw Laboratory
 139 Biological Sciences Bldg.
 Box 90338
 Department of Biology
 Duke University
 Durham
 North Carolina 27708
 U.S.A.

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