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Helen Foot Buell

Helen Foot Buell

American botanist and ecologist (1902–1995)

Helen Foot Buell (December 22, 1901 – February 21, 1995)[1] was an American botanist, algologist,[2] ecologist, and editor.

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Early life and education

Helen Foot was born in Kalispell, Montana, the daughter of Charles Henry Foot and Theresa M. Polley Foot. Both of her parents were born in Minnesota; her father was a lawyer.[3] She graduated from Flathead County High School,[4] and completed a Ph.D. in Phycology at the University of Minnesota in 1938,[2] funded in part with a fellowship from the American Association of University Women.[5]

Career

Helen Buell and her husband Murray Buell often worked as a team.[6] They were fellow ecologists and often made publications together. She held an appointment as a teaching assistant at Rutgers University, where her husband was a professor.[7]

Personal life and legacy

Helen Foot married Murray Fife Buell in 1932, while they were graduate students in Minnesota.[8][9] They had a son, Peter, and a daughter, Honor, both born in North Carolina. He died in 1975;[10] she died in 1995, aged 93 years. After their death, their legacy lives on through the Murray and Helen Buell Scholarship[11][2] in Ecology at Rutgers University. Housing at the Rutgers business school is also named for the Buells.[12][13]

Publications

Buell's publications include:[14]

  • Invasion of Trees in Secondary Succession on the New Jersey Piedmont - M. F. Buell, H. F. Buell, J. Small, Geography, 1 March 1971
  • Aspen invasion of prairie - M. F. Buell, H. F. Buell, Environmental Science, 1 July 1959
  • Radial Mat Growth on Cedar Creek Bog, Minnesota - M. F. Buell, H. F. Buell, W. Reiners, Biology, 1 November 1968
  • Fire in the History of Mettler's Woods - M. F. Buell, H. F. Buell, J. Small, Geography, 1 May 1954
  • Moat Bogs in the Itasca Park Area, Minnesota - M. F. Buell, H. F. Buell, Geography, 1975
  • Drought Effect on Radial Growth of Trees in the William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest - M. F. Buell, H. F. Buell, J. Small, C. Monk, Biology, 1 May 1961
  • Closterium gracile Breb. (Desmidiaceae): a New Interpretation - H. F. Buell, Biology, 1 September 1968
  • Reading the Landscape - H. F. Buell, M. T. Watts, Geography, 1 November 1957

References

  1. [1]
    New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, 1901-2017 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
  2. [2]
    SL White (June 27, 2016). "Helen Foot Buell, a Quiet Partner". Ecological Society of America.
  3. [3]
    "Obituary: Charles Henry Foot". The Daily Inter Lake. 1942-05-26. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-08-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. [4]
    "Miss Helen Foot Bride of Murray F. Buell". The Daily Inter Lake. 1932-09-12. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-08-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. [5]
    "Club Here Would Fete 'U' Women". The Minneapolis Star. 1926-05-11. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-08-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. [6]
    F. Herbert Bormann & Paul G. Pearson (December 1975). "Murray Fife Buell, 1906-1975" (PDF). Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 56 (4): 26. doi:10.2307/20166056. JSTOR 20166056. S2CID 161213797.
  7. [7]
    "Three Are Appointed to Staff Jobs at Rutgers University". The Central New Jersey Home News. 1957-11-13. p. 22. Retrieved 2021-08-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. [8]
    Forman, Richard (2012-12-02). Pine Barrens: Ecosystem and Landscape. Elsevier. pp. xxxiii. ISBN 978-0-323-14408-7.
  9. [9]
    "Marriage License Applications". Star Tribune. 1932-08-18. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-08-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. [10]
    "DR. MURRAY BUELL, RUTGERS BOTANIST". The New York Times. 1975-07-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  11. [11]
    "2020 Awards & Scholarships" (PDF). sebs.rutgers.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  12. [12]
    "Rutgers opens up new business school". Asbury Park Press. 1986-08-31. p. 153. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  13. [13]
    Rearick, John (1986-08-24). "Rutgers Report: Rutgers as Innkeeper". The Central New Jersey Home News. p. 21. Retrieved 2021-08-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. [14]
    "Helen Foot Buell". Semantic Scholar.
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