Background
TRELEASE, William was born on February 22, 1857 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Son of Samuel Righter and Mary Elizabeth (Gandall) Trelease.
TRELEASE, William was born on February 22, 1857 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Son of Samuel Righter and Mary Elizabeth (Gandall) Trelease.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell, 1880. Sc D., Harvard, 1884. Doctor of Laws, University of Wisconsin, 1902, University of Missouri, 1903, Washington University, 1907.
Professor Botany, University of Wisconsin, 1883-1885. Englemann Professor Botany, in charge of Henry Shaw School of Botany, Washington University, 1885- 1912. Director Missouri Botanical Garden, 1889- 1912.
Head of Department Botany 1913-1926. Chairman City Plan Committee, Civic League, St. Louis, 1905-1907. Chairman American Board of Editors, Botanisches Centralblatt, 1900-1921.
Author: Agave in the West Indies, 1913. The Genus Phoradendron, 1916. Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening, 1917, 21, 26, 30.Winter Botany, 1918, 25, 30. The American Oaks, 1925. Also many papers and reports on botany and entomology Commemorated in many plant names and in Mount Trelease (12,500 foot high), at head of Clear Creek, Colorado, at first ascent to Loveland Pass.
Club: Round Table (St. Louis). Member of Delta Upsilon, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma Museum Edited (with Asa Gray) Botanical Works of the late George Engelmann. Translated Poulsen’s Botanical Micro-Chemistry and Salomonsen’s Bacteriological Technology.
Married Julia M. Johnson, July 19, 1882. Children: Frank Johnson, Marjorie (deceased), Sam Farlow, Sidney Briggs, William.