Background
Bartlett, Harley Harris was born on March 9, 1886 in Anaconda, Montana, United States. Son of Jonathan Hodgkin and Harriet Amanda (Potter) Bartlett.
Bartlett, Harley Harris was born on March 9, 1886 in Anaconda, Montana, United States. Son of Jonathan Hodgkin and Harriet Amanda (Potter) Bartlett.
He studied chemistry at Harvard University, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in 1908.
He was head of the Department of Botany at the University of Michigan from 1922 to 1947, and director of the university"s Botanical Gardens, from 1919 to 1955. He was then hired by Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture, where he worked on plant nutrition and biochemistry as well as taxonomy, and began publishing on the genetics of the genus Oenothera (evening primroses), which he pursued into his years at Michigan and for which he became widely known. He joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1915, where he spent the majority of his career.
He served as president of the Botanical Society of America (1927) and the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters (1924-1925).
He is commemorated in the name of the genus Bartlettina. The standard author transcript Bartlett is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.
Member Science expeditions to Formosa and Sumatra, 1926-1927, Mexico, 1930, Guatemala and British Honduras, 1931. Member Botanical Society American (president 1927), American Society Naturalists, Michigan Academy Science (president 1925), Washington Academy Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Philosophical Society, New England Botanical. Club, Sigma Xi.