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Comment: The first three sources just return errors and as they do not have the details of the newspaper name, date, page number, title they can not be located. If you give the details I can clip public versions. KylieTastic (talk) 16:54, 27 October 2024 (UTC)* Update: Fixed first KylieTastic (talk) 17:13, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
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Dr. Robert "Ben" Channell | |
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| Born | July 4, 1924 Gallman, Mississippi, USA |
| Died | August 10, 2001 |
| Alma mater | Mississippi State College, Duke University |
| Known for | Research on the genus Trillium, Rhynchospora, and Perilla frutescens |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Vanderbilt University, Harvard University, Duke University |
Dr. Robert "Ben" Channell (July 4, 1924 – August 10, 2001) was an American botanist known for his taxonomic revision of the 'Eu-Rhynchospora' portion of the genus Rhynchospora and pioneering research on the genus Trillium. He also conducted extensive studies on the toxic compound perilla ketone from the plant Perilla frutescens, the genus Hydrophyllum L. (Hydrophyllaceae), and the Buxaceae family.
Career
[edit]Channell was also a member of a drive within the Tennessee Academy of Science aimed to facilitate collaboration between "workers of science" and those involved in "scholarly research."[1] Channell served as a curator of the Vanderbilt Herbarium[2] in the 1960s. In 1964, Channell was appointed to serve on the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science within the American Society of Plant Taxonomists.[3]
Trillium Research
[edit]One of Channell's most significant grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) was for the project titled "Cytotaxonomic and Biochemical Studies of the Origin, Distribution and Relationships of Species of Trillium (Liliaceae)." This research aimed to understand the natural taxonomic units comprising the genus Trillium through chromosomal studies.
Collaborations
[edit]Channell's research involved collaborations with Japanese botanists, including comparative studies of the evolutionary and migrational history of Trillium with researchers at Kyushu University. He published several papers with his Japanese colleagues, including Dr. Ichiro Fukuda.[4][failed verification]
Legacy and Death
[edit]In 1996, a new tetraploid species, Trillium channellii, was named in his honor. The authors describing and naming this species stated that they were motivated to name it for Channel because his "support of research on taxonomy, cytogenetics, chemistry, and ecology of [Trillium] during the early 1960s account (directly or indirectly) for much new information published about these plants since that time by us as well as many others."[4] He left behind a legacy scholarship[5] for students studying the sciences at Copiah-Lincoln Community College.
Channell died on August 10, 2001 from a heart attack near to the First Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi.[6] His legacy continues through the students he mentored, including James T. Murrell, Robert L. Beckmann, Jr, and Jim Folsom.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Science Academy Open Drive For New Members". Newspapers.com. 17 February 1962. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ https://www.gesneriadsociety.org/chapters/TGS/jan06gesed.pdf [failed verification]
- ^ "Front Matter" (PDF). Brittonia. 17 (2). 1965. JSTOR 2805234.
- ^ a b https://ia802908.us.archive.org/3/items/biostor-64030/biostor-64030.pdf
- ^ https://www.colin.edu/colin/assets/File/Students/Publications-Policies/Catalog/Catalog%20Pages%202011-2013.pdf
- ^ "Botoany professor will be missed". Newspapers.com. 8 September 2001. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ "Platanthera – on the Fringes". 22 June 2023.
