Background
Richards, Herbert Maule was born on October 6, 1871 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William T. (artist) and Anna (Matlack) R. (author).
Richards, Herbert Maule was born on October 6, 1871 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William T. (artist) and Anna (Matlack) R. (author).
Bachelor of Science, Harvard, 1891, South Dakot, 1895. Studied at Leipzig, 1895-1896. Visited botanical garden, Buitenzorg, Java, 1899-1900, and traveled in Japan, China, Straits Settlements and Malay Archipelago.
Assistant in Harvard and instructor Radcliffe College, 1892-1895. Tutor Barnard College (Columbia), 1896-1897. Instructor Harvard University and Radcliffe College, 1897-1898.
Instructor 1898-1902.
Adjunct Professor botany 1902-1906, professor botany, since 1906, Barnard College Scientific director New York Botanical Garden.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president section G, 1908).
Married Marion Elizabeth Latham, July 17, 1915.