John Edward Dinsmore
John Edward Dinsmore
Born1862 (1862)
Maine, USA
Died1951 (aged 88–89)
Jerusalem, Israel
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

John Edward Dinsmore (1862-1951) was a botanist and educator, born in Maine, United States. He is best known for his role as the director of the herbarium of the American Colony, Jerusalem and as the honorary curator at the herbarium of George Edward Post in Beirut, Lebanon.[1]

Life and botanical work

In 1898, Dinsmore moved with his wife and daughter to Jerusalem,[2] to join the American Colony — a Christian utopian society which had been founded seventeen years earlier in 1881 by Anna and Horatio Spafford. He soon established the Colony's herbarium, and seed and bulb store.[2] He was also director of the Colony's school.

Following the death of fellow botanist George Edward Post in 1909, Dinsmore became honorary curator of Post's Herbarium in Beirut.[3]

Dinsmore spent the rest of his life in Jerusalem, where he died in 1951.[4]

A 1925 image of Dinsmore

Botanical specimens collected by Dinsmore are held at herbaria around the world, most notably the John E. Dinsmore collection at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem.[5] Collections are also held at the National Herbarium of Victoria at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria,[6] Harvard University Herbaria, the herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Swedish Museum of Natural History.

Publications

Dinsmore produced several publications, including The Genus Iris in Syria and Palestine (1933)[3] and a substantial revision of Post's Flora of Syria, Palestine and Sinai. Published in 1932-33 and containing both Latin and Arabic names,[7] this volume remains the standard botanical reference for the region.

Standard author abbreviation

The standard author abbreviation Dinsm. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]

Dinsmore named almost forty plant species, including over a dozen species of Iris.[9] See: Category:Taxa named by John Edward Dinsmore and International Plant Name Index[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Post Herbarium". American University of Beirut. American University of Beirut. 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "American Colony in Jerusalem, 1896-1915". Library of Congress. Library of Congress. 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Dinsmore, John Edward". JSTOR Global Plants. JSTOR. 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "American Colony in Jerusalem, 1930-1980". Library of Congress. Library of Congress. 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries: Index of Botanists". Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "The Australasian Virtual Herbarium". The Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH). 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  7. ↑ Morris, E.L. (1912). "Review of Dinsmore's Plants of Palestine". Torreya. 12, 2: 35.
  8. ↑ International Plant Names Index.  Dinsm.
  9. ↑ "Dinsmore, John Edward". IPNI. IPNI. 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "International Plant Name Index". Retrieved 13 April 2021.


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