Helen Foot Buell
American botanist and ecologist (1902–1995)
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Helen Foot Buell (December 22, 1901 – February 21, 1995)[1] was an American botanist, algologist,[2] ecologist, and editor.
Helen Foot Buell | |
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| Born | December 22, 1901 Kalispell, Montana |
| Died | February 21, 1995 (aged 93) Somerset, New Jersey |
| Occupation | Botanist |
| Spouse | Murray Fife Buell |
Early life and education
Helen Foot was born in Kalispell, Montana, the daughter of Charles Henry Foot and Theresa M. Polley Foot. Both of her parents were born in Minnesota; her father was a lawyer.[3] She graduated from Flathead County High School,[4] and completed a Ph.D. in Phycology at the University of Minnesota in 1938,[2] funded in part with a fellowship from the American Association of University Women.[5]
Career
Helen Buell and her husband Murray Buell often worked as a team.[6] They were fellow ecologists and often made publications together. She held an appointment as a teaching assistant at Rutgers University, where her husband was a professor.[7]
Personal life and legacy
Helen Foot married Murray Fife Buell in 1932, while they were graduate students in Minnesota.[8][9] They had a son, Peter, and a daughter, Honor, both born in North Carolina. He died in 1975;[10] she died in 1995, aged 93 years. After their death, their legacy lives on through the Murray and Helen Buell Scholarship[11][2] in Ecology at Rutgers University. Housing at the Rutgers business school is also named for the Buells.[12][13]
Publications
Buell's publications include:[14]
- Invasion of Trees in Secondary Succession on the New Jersey Piedmont - M. F. Buell, H. F. Buell, J. Small, Geography, 1 March 1971
- Aspen invasion of prairie - M. F. Buell, H. F. Buell, Environmental Science, 1 July 1959
- Radial Mat Growth on Cedar Creek Bog, Minnesota - M. F. Buell, H. F. Buell, W. Reiners, Biology, 1 November 1968
- Fire in the History of Mettler's Woods - M. F. Buell, H. F. Buell, J. Small, Geography, 1 May 1954
- Moat Bogs in the Itasca Park Area, Minnesota - M. F. Buell, H. F. Buell, Geography, 1975
- Drought Effect on Radial Growth of Trees in the William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest - M. F. Buell, H. F. Buell, J. Small, C. Monk, Biology, 1 May 1961
- Closterium gracile Breb. (Desmidiaceae): a New Interpretation - H. F. Buell, Biology, 1 September 1968
- Reading the Landscape - H. F. Buell, M. T. Watts, Geography, 1 November 1957