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Edward Wilber Berry
Edward Wilber Berry
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He became Professor of Paleontology at Johns Hopkins, then dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and provost of the university. He died at age seventy when he was President of the Geological Society of America.
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He began writing for publication and worked part-time for the New Jersey Geological Survey (190~1906) and the Geological Survey of North Carolina (1905-1907~.
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Geological Survey, William Bullock Clark, head of the Maryland Geological Survey and also chairman of the geology department at Johns Hopkins, was so impressed by Berry's knowledge and personality that he persuaded him to come to Baltimore. Clark's recommendation of April 3, 1906, to President Remsen describes the beginning at Hopkins as follows: "I recommend the appointment of E
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From 1907 he worked as a staff member of the Maryland Geological Survey.
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EDWARD WILBER BERRY 61 reaching a large number of students who were profoundly affected, and nobody in the department remained untouched. PROFESSOR AND STUDENTS Berry was an inspiring teacher, and he "turned on" many students who owe him a great deal.
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62 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS a self-selected topic. The last portion of the seminar was a topical discussion on, for instance, cross-bedding, mudcracks, sorting, or anything else having to do with stratified rocks.
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If one has seen the lack of assistance of those days, one wonders how this was accomplished. When I arrived at Hopkins, in 1931, the Maryland Geological Survey had one secretary-typist, the Department of Geology none.
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These articles are good reading, as are the New Jersey report mentioned above, an address to the Philosophical Society on "Tertiary Floras of the Atlantic Gulf Coast," and several articles in the Scientific Monthly, such as "Rilly, A Fossil Lake" or "The Mayence Basin, A Chapter of Geologic History." Here Berry's vivid and interesting style is delightful and brings dull subjects to life in an extraordinary way. The "Jurassic Lagoons of Solnhofen" deals with paleontology, general philosophy, history, and geology and should be read by all students who feel that paleontology is a dull subject.
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One of the most interesting and readable papers, "The Origin of Land Plants," was published in 1945. DEAN AND PROVOST In 1929 Berry was appointed Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences as successor to Professor Ames, who became president.
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A second concern of the dean was the abolition of intercollegiate and commercialized football. He felt that the university should provide ample facilities for all kinds of sports, BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS
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He kept his eye on the action that would have to be taken and was ready with mature judgment when the time for action came." As Berry approached retirement, friends of his had a portrait painted, and at its presentation to the university President Bowman summarized the esteem in which the dean and provost was held: "If I were adequately to express the appreciation of the University for the gift of Dean Berry's portrait, I would be
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It is with deep gratitude that I receive and accept on behalf of the Trustees this portrait of our College Dean, our distinguished paleontologist, and our efficient Provost who is known to and deeply respected and beloved by so many generations of Hopkins men." In 1942 Berry retired as dean and provost and in 1943 as professor. On September 20, 1945, Edward Wilber Berry passed away.
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Sociadad Geologica del Peru Washington Academy of Sciences International Committee Paleobotanische Zeitschrift Editor Paleobotany, B io logical A bstracts, 1926-1943 Associate Editor, American Journal of Science, 1921-1938 Pan American Geologist, 1922-1939 Member, Research Committee of 100, A.A.A.S. Member, Committee on Grants, A.A.A.S., 1934 Member, International Commission Paleobotanical Nomenclature, 1930-1945 Walker Prize, Boston Society of Natural History, 1901 Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter President, 1933-1934 Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Epsilon, Scabbard and Blade 69
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70 BIOGRAPHICAL OILS bleda1 Insure ~ los Col~bor~dores de 1~ InstrucciGn Publica, Rag publka de Venezuela 1933 Scan, honorary, Lehigh Univershy, 1930 Vice President, Section Paleobot~ny, Fifth Institute of Potanica1 C>~p~s~ Can bra 1930 glory Clark Iborapson hleda1 for Paleontology (1942\ 1945
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Rept. New Jersey Geological Survey Annual Report Pan-Am.
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. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden, 3:45-103.
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Contributions to Mesozoic flora of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
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Geol., 17: 19-30. Contributions to the Mesozoic flora of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
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Geological Survey, 3:233. Bulletin of the New Jersey The lower Cretaceous floras of the world.
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Baltimore, Johns The lower Cretaceous deposits of Maryland. In: Lower Cretaceous, Maryland Geological Survey, pp.
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Torreya, 14:105-8. The affinities and distribution of the lower Eocene floras of southeastern North America.
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Correlation of the Upper Cretaceous formations. In: Upper Cretaceous, Maryland Geological Survey, pp.
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Torreya, 16: 177-79. Contributions to the Mesozoic flora of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
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The surface and underground water resources of Maryland. Maryland Geological Survey, 1 0 (Part 2~: 1 69-542.
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289-407. (contributions to the Mesozoic flora of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
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The geology and paleontology of the Huancavelica Mercury District. Johns Hopkins Univ.
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Geol., 4:205-20. Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins Univ.
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A late Tertiary flora from Bahia, Brazil. Johns Hopkins Univ.
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Geol., 32: 488-97. The middle and upper Eocene floras of southeastern North America.
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Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin, 38:34-35. On fossil plants from Paskapoo formation of Alberta.
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Sci., 17:303-7. A new type of caddie case from the lower Eocene of Tennessee.
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Contributions to the Mesozoic floras of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
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EDWARD WILBER BERRY 1930 A flora of Green River age in the Wind River Basin of Wyoming.
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Club, 57: 239-44. 1931 Plan for reorganization of graduate work at Johns Hopkins University.
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Acad. Sci., 23: The lower Eocene floras of southern England.
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Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 20:628-30. Tertiary plants from Venezuela.
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Late Tertiary plants from the territory of Acre, Brazil. Johns Hopkins Univ.
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Geol., 13: 9-68. Proceedings of the Johns Hopkins Univ.
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293-98. The lower Eocene flora of southeastern North America.
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