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| Biography | Charles Theodore Mohr was born in
Esslingen, Württemberg on December 24, 1824. He studied
chemistry, pharmacy, and mineralogy, eventually becoming a botanical
collector in Dutch Guyana. He moved to the United States in 1848,
and became a chemical manufacturer in Mobile, Alabama where he resided
from 1850 to 1889. Thereafter he quit the business and spent the
remainder of his professional life studying botany as well as devoting
his time to forest investigations. In 1890 he was appointed to the
position of Expert and Agent in the Division of Forestry, U.S.
Department of Agriculture and he held this station until his death in
1901. He had extensive knowledge of plant life in the South and he published nearly one hundred
papers on botanical subjects. Some of the most important writing were reports
on the forests of Alabama for the Tenth Census and another remarkable
piece was his memoir on the
timber pines of the southern United States. Mohr was a pioneer
advocate for forest preservation and conservative forest management in
the United States. One year before his
death he moved to Asheville, NC, where he worked in the Biltmore
Herbarium until his death on July 17, 1901.*He is remembered as one of
the most important scientists and pioneers in the field of forestry and
conservation.
*Source: "Mohr, Charles Theodore." Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 7, 1934. Pages 77-78. |
| Subjects | Mohr, Charles T. (1824-1901) United States Forest Service Forests and Forestry --- United States Forestry and Community Forestry Extension North Carolina Forestry Extension Southern States Forestry Industry Forestry Innovations Forestry Schools and Education Forestry Schools and Education --- North Carolina United States Department of the Interior |
| Bibliography |
1890s:Mohr, Charles. The Mountain Flora of Alabama. Garden and Forest - Arnold Arboretum, October 26, 1892. *Mohr, Charles. Distribution of Some Forest Trees. Garden and Forest - Arnold Arboretum, 1893. (6:372-373) Arnold Arboretum. Recent Publications: The Timber Pines of the Southern United States. Garden and Forest, January 6, 1897. 1900s: Lounsberry, Alice. A Guide to the Trees. Frederick A. Stokes Company,
1900. Lounsberry, Alice. Southern Wildflowers and Trees. Frederick A. Stokes
Company, 1901. Sudworth, George B. Dr. Charles Mohr. The Forester (AFA), August 1901. *Mohr, Charles. Plant Life of Alabama: Prepared in Cooperation with the
Geological Survey of Alabama. 1901.
Arnold Arboretum. The Bradley Bibliography. 1911.
[bibliography]
Walker, Lawrence C. The Southern Forest: A Chronicle. University of
Texas Press, 1991. |
| Citation | U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 |
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