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George Francis Atkinson

(26 Jan) 1854 - 1918 (14 Nov)




CORNELL AFFILIATION:
Professor of Cryptogamic Botany (1892-1896); Professor and Chairman, Botany Department (1896-1918)



George F. Atkinson began his studies in zoology at Cornell University but later switched to botany. After brief teaching positions at several universities in the southeastern U.S., Atkinson returned to Cornell, where he spent the remainder of his career. His students included prolific botanists such as K.M. Wiegand, S.H. Burnham, and E.J. Durand. He primarily studied mycology and plant pathology, collecting an impressive number of specimens from around the globe and taking students on numerous field trips within the U.S. After the death of Albert N. Prentiss, a professor to Atkinson and Cornell's earliest Head of Botany, Atkinson took over as the new head of the department in 1896. He published many papers on fungi and several substantial and popular textbooks for teaching, including The Biology of Ferns, Elementary Botany, and Studies of American Fungi: Mushrooms Edible, Poisonous, Etc. Atkinson was an accomplished illustrator and photographer and often used his own images in his published works.


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1889. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Preliminary Note on the Synonomy of Entothrix grande Wolle. Botanical Gazette (11): 292-292.Google Scholar
1889. Atkinson, George F.. Another Phosphorescent Mushroom. Botanical Gazette (1): 19-19.Google Scholar
1890. Atkinson, Geo. F.. A New Ramularia on Cotton. Botanical Gazette (7): 166-168.Google Scholar
1890. ATKINSON, Geo. F.. Monograph of the Lemaneaceae of the United States. Annals of Botany (14): 177-229.Google Scholar
1891. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Black Rust of Cotton: A Preliminary Note. Botanical Gazette (3): 61-65.Google Scholar


1891. Atkinson, Geo. F.. The Botanical Section of the American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. Washington Meeting. Botanical Gazette (9): 264-267.Google Scholar
1891. Atkinson, Geo. F.. On the Structure and Dimorphism of Hypocrea tuberiformis. Botanical Gazette (10): 282-285.Google Scholar
1891. Atkinson, Geo. F.. A New Ravenelia from Alabama. Botanical Gazette (11): 313-314.Google Scholar
1891. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Sphaerella gossypina, n. sp., the Perfect Stage of Cercospora gossypina, Cooke. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (10): 300-301.Google Scholar
1892. Atkinson, Geo. F.. An Automatic Device for Rolling Culture Tubes of Nutrient Agar Agar. Botanical Gazette (5): 154-156.Google Scholar
1892. Atkinson, Geo. F.. The Genus Frankia in the United States. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (6): 171-177.Google Scholar
1893. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Symbiosis in the Roots of the Ophioglossaceae. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (9): 356-357.Google Scholar
1893. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Photography as an Instrument for Recording the Macroscopic Characters of Micro-Organisms in Artificial Cultures. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (9): 357-358.Google Scholar
1893. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Two Perfectly Developed Embryos on a Single Prothallium of Adiantum cuneatum. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (10): 407-408.Google Scholar
1893. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Unequal Segmentation and Its Significance in the Primary Division of the Embryo of Ferns. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (10): 405-407.Google Scholar
1893. Atkinson, Geo. F.. The Extent of the Annulus, and the Function of the Different Parts of the Sporangium of Ferns in the Dispersion of Spores. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (11): 435-437.Google Scholar
1893. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Method for Obtaining Pure Cultures of Pammel's Fungus of Texas Root Rot of Cotton. Botanical Gazette (1): 16-19.Google Scholar
1893. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Contribution to the Biology of Theorganism Causing Leguminous Tubercles. Botanical Gazette (5): 157-166.Google Scholar
1893. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Contribution to the Biology of the Organism Causing Leguminous Tubercles (Continued). Botanical Gazette (6): 226-237.Google Scholar
1893. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Contribution to the Biology of the Organism Causing Leguminous Tubercles (Concluded). Botanical Gazette (7): 257-266.Google Scholar
1894. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Germination of the Spores of Cerebella Paspali. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (3): 127-128.Google Scholar
1894. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Completoria Complens Lohde. Botanical Gazette (11): 467-468.Google Scholar
1894. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Frost Freaks of Herbaceous Plants. Botanical Gazette (1): 40-42.Google Scholar
1894. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Artificial Cultures of an Entomogenous Fungus. Botanical Gazette (4): 129-135.Google Scholar
1894. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Intelligence Manifested by the Swarm-Spores of Rhizophidium Globosum. Botanical Gazette (12): 503-504.Google Scholar
1894. Britton, N. L., George F. Atkinson and T. H. Kearney. Botanical Notes. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (2): 80-82.Google Scholar
1894. Atkinson, George F.. Notes on Some Exoasceae of the United States. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (8): 372-380.Google Scholar
1894. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Steps Toward a Revision of the Linosporous Species of North American Graminicolous Hypocreaceae. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (5): 222-225.Google Scholar
1894. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Microsphaera densissima (Schwein.) Peck. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (12): 528-529.Google Scholar
1894. Atkinson, George F.. Olpitrichum, a New Genus of Mucedinous Fungi. Botanical Gazette (6): 244-245.Google Scholar
1895. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Some Observations on the Development of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum in Artificial Cultures. Botanical Gazette (7): 305-311.Google Scholar
1896. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Albert Nelson Prentiss. Botanical Gazette (5): 283-289.Google Scholar
1897. Atkinson, Geo. F.. The Preparation of Material for General Class Use. Botanical Gazette (5): 372-376.Google Scholar
1898. ATKINSON, GEO. F.. Method of Teaching Botany in the Secondary Schools. The Asa Gray Bulletin (6 (28 i.e. 29)): 102-106.Google Scholar
1898. Atkinson, George Francis and J. M. C. A New School Botany. Botanical Gazette (6): 440-441.Google Scholar
1899. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Studies on Reduction in Plants. Botanical Gazette (1): 1-26.Google Scholar
1900. Atkinson, G.F.. Lessons in Botany. (): .Google Scholar
1900. Atkinson, George Francis, Charles Reid Barnes, J. M. C and I. N. Mitchell. Elementary Text-Books. Botanical Gazette (5): 358-359.Google Scholar
1902. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Three New Genera of the Higher Fungi. Botanical Gazette (1): 36-43.Google Scholar
1903. Atkinson, George F.. A New Species of Geaster. Botanical Gazette (4): 303-306.Google Scholar
1903. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Geaster Leptospermus: A Correction. Botanical Gazette (6): 467-467.Google Scholar
1904. Britton, N. L., Roland M. Harper, S. H. Burnham and George F. Atkinson. SHORTER NOTES. Torreya (2): 23-26.Google Scholar
1905. Atkinson, George F.. Life History of Hypocrea alutacea. Botanical Gazette (6): 401-417.Google Scholar
1905. Atkinson, George Francis and J. M. C. . Botanical Gazette (6): 424-424.Google Scholar
1906. Atkinson, Geo. F.. The Development of Agaricus Campestris. Botanical Gazette (4): 241-264.Google Scholar
1908. Atkinson, Geo. F.. A New Poisonous Mushroom. Botanical Gazette (6): 461-463.Google Scholar
1908. Atkinson, George F.. Observations on Polyporus lucidus Leys and Some of Its Allies from Europe and North America. Botanical Gazette (5): 321-338.Google Scholar
1908. Atkinson, Geo. F.. A Parasitic Alga, Rhodochytrium spilanthidis Lagerheim, in North America. Botanical Gazette (4): 299-301.Google Scholar
1909. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Subterranean Fungi. Botanical Gazette (1): 76-79.Google Scholar
1909. Atkinson, George F.. A Remarkable Amanita. Botanical Gazette (4): 283-293.Google Scholar
1909. Atkinson, George F.. Some Fungus Parasites of Algae. Botanical Gazette (5): 321-338.Google Scholar
1910. Atkinson, G.F.. Botany for High Schools. (): .Google Scholar
1914. Atkinson, Geo. F.. The Development of Agaricus arvensis and A. comtulus. American Journal of Botany (1): 3-22.Google Scholar
1918. Atkinson, George F.. SIX MISUNDERSTOOD SPECIES OF AMANITA. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club (): 246-252.Google Scholar
1918. Atkinson, Geo. F.. Some New Species of Inocybe. American Journal of Botany (4): 210-218.Google Scholar
1918. Atkinson, George F.. Selected Cycles in Gymnoconia Peckiana. American Journal of Botany (2): 79-83.Google Scholar
1919. Farlow, W. G., Roland Thaxter and L. H. Bailey. George Francis Atkinson. American Journal of Botany (7): 301-302.Google Scholar