Robert Irvin Cratty

Background

Cratty, Robert Irvin was born on February 5, 1853 in Butler Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Martha (Hirsch) Cratty.

Education

Public schools and private study.

Career

Teacher in public schools, Illinois and Iowa, 1875-1895. Farming, 1895-1918; curator botanical department, Iowa State College, since 1918. Has made extensive collections of Iowa and Minnesota plants.

Achievements

• Robert Irvin Cratty has been listed as a noteworthy botanist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Iowa Academy Sciences (president, 1925-1926). Member Iowa Conservation Association, Sigma Xi, Osborn Research.

Connections

Married L. East. Canon, April. Married second, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mistress. Children: Mabel Estelle, Edna Roberta (Mistress C. B. Murtagh), Alta Medora (Mistress C. West. Moore), Ralph William.

Father:

William Cratty

Mother:

Martha (Hirsch) Cratty

Spouse:

L. East. Canon

Spouse:

Minneapolis

child:

Edna Roberta Cratty (Mistress C. B. Murtagh)

child:

Mabel Estelle Cratty

child:

Alta Medora Cratty (Mistress C. West. Moore)

child:

Ralph William Cratty