Background
Shreve, Forrest was born in July 1878 in Easton, Maryland, United States. Son of Henry and Helen Garrison (Coates) Shreve.
Shreve, Forrest was born in July 1878 in Easton, Maryland, United States. Son of Henry and Helen Garrison (Coates) Shreve.
Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1901, Doctor of Philosophy, 1905.
His professional career was devoted to the study of the distribution of vegetation as determined by soil and climate conditions. His contributions to the plant biology world set the groundwork for modern studies and his books are regarded as classics by botanists worldwide. Personal life
His religious affiliation was with the Society of Friends.
His hobby was collecting and studying stamps.
He died in Tucson, Arizona, in 1950. Education and career
After receiving his preparatory education at George School, in Newton, Pennsylvania, Shreve earned his Bachelor at Johns Hopkins University in 1901.
From 1904 to 1908, Shreve conducted a botanical survey of the state of Maryland. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy from the same university in 1905.
From 1905 to 1906, and again in 1909, Shreve studied the mountain vegetation of Jamaica.
From 1911 to 1919, Shreve worked as an editor of the botanical scientific journal Plant World. In 1914, Shreve published his book A Montane Rain-forest. In 1915, he helped found the Ecological Society of America, where he served as a secretary-treasurer until 1919, and as president, in 1921.
In 1926, Shreve worked as an editor of the book Naturalist"s Guide to the Americas.
In 1928, Shreve was placed in charge of Desert Investigations of the Carnegie Institution, and in 1932 he began floristics studies on the Sonoran Desert region. He retired in 1946.
Politically, he was a Republican. He served as vice president of the Association of American Geographers in 1940, and published "The Desert Vegetation of North America" in Botanical Review.
Fellow Associate of Arts Associate of Science (president southwest division, 1928-1929). Member Ecological Society American (president 1922), Botanical Society America, Torrey Botanical. Club, California Botanical Society, Western Society Naturalists, Association American Geographers (vice president 1940), Association Pacific Coast Geographers (president 1942), Society American Foresters, Tucson National History Society (president 1932-1933), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (president Arizona chapter 1932-1933).
Married Edith Coffin Bellamy, June 1909.