Stephen Conrad Stuntz

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Stephen Conrad Stuntz
Photograph of Stuntz as an assistant librarian, June 1900.
Born(1875-04-04)April 4, 1875
Clarno, Wisconsin, United States
DiedFebruary 2, 1918(1918-02-02) (aged 42)[1]
Vienna, Virginia, United States
Other namesStephen Conrad
SpouseLena Greyson Fitzhugh[2]
ChildrenAnne Fitzhugh Stuntz (1917-1995),

Elizabeth Bland Fitzhugh Stuntz (1912 - 1999), Stephen Conrad Stuntz Jr.(1913-1945), Laurance Fitzhugh Stuntz (1908-1993),[3]

Mayo Sturdevant Stuntz (1915-2013).[4]
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, bryology, agriculture, history.

Stephen Conrad Stuntz (1875–1918) was an American botanist and fiction author.

Life[edit]

Graduating with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1899, Stuntz worked as an assistant at the university library and herbarium until 1902.[5][6] With Laurance Charles Burke, he produced the first newsletter for the UW‑Madison libraries called The Library Item in 1900.[7] From 1902 to 1908, he was a cataloguer with the Library of Congress, and from 1908 to 1910 he was a bibliographer with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Soils.[6] From 1910 until his death he was a botanist with the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introductions.[6] In June 1907, Stephen married Lena Greyson Fitzhugh, and together they had 5 children.[5][8] He died of pneumonia in 1918.[9]

Published major works: fiction[edit]

Under his pseudonym, Stephen Conrad, he wrote two humorous fiction works;

  • The Second Mrs. Jim,[10][5] and
  • Mrs. Jim and Mrs. Jimmie; certain town experiences of the second Mrs. Jim as related to Jimmie's wife[11][5]

Published major works: non-fiction[edit]

In the field of botany, Stuntz wrote multiple descriptions of species, primarily in the Inventory of seeds and plants imported by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the United States Department of Agriculture.[12] He also wrote:

  • S.C. Stuntz. 1900. A Revision of the North American Species of the Genus Eleutera Beauv. (Neckera Hedw.) Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 27(4):202–211.[13]
  • E.E. Free and S.C. Stuntz. 1911.The movement of soil material by the wind, with a bibliography of eolian geology.[14]

Posthumously, he also published:

  • S.C. Stuntz, E.B. Hawks [ed.] 1941. List of the agricultural periodicals of the United States and Canada published during the century July 1810 to July 1910.[15]

Standard author abbreviation[edit]

The standard author abbreviation Stuntz is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[16]

Botanical collections[edit]

Stuntz's bryological collections are held at the University of Wisconsin Herbarium,[17] the New York Botanical Garden, the Field Museum of Natural History, the University of Michigan Herbarium, the University of Tennessee Bryophyte Herbarium, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and Harvard University Herbaria.[18] A smaller number of his vascular plant collections are held by the University of Wisconsin Herbarium, and outside of North America specimens are held by the National Herbarium of Victoria Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.[19][20]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Anonymous (1918–1919). "Stuntz, Stephen Conrad". Who's Who in America. 10: 2634.
  2. ^ "Social and Personal". The Washington Post. Washington D.C. 31 May 1906. p. 7. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  3. ^ "The Mason Descendants Database: Lena Grayson Fitzhugh". The Mason Web. Gunston Hall Library. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  4. ^ Bares, Bart (2 June 2013). "Soldier, spy, scholar was 'exemplary va. gentleman'". The Washington Post. Washington D.C. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d Anonymous (June 1907). "News of the Alumni". The Wisconsin Alumni Magazine. 8 (9–10).
  6. ^ a b c Stafleu, F.A.; Cowan, R.S. (1976–1988). "Stuntz, Stephen Conrad (1875–1918)". Taxonomic literature: A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types (2nd ed.). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. ^ Null, David (Spring 2005). "The Library Item". Friends of the Libraries Magazine. 45: 4.
  8. ^ Stuntz, Anne (June 2020). "1918 Influenza Epidemic in Northern Virginia" (PDF). Historic Vienna Ink. 21 (2): 2–3.
  9. ^ Anonymous (May 1917). "Obituary: Stephen Conrad Stuntz". Plant Immigrants. 133: 1176.
  10. ^ Conrad, Stephen (1904). The second Mrs. Jim. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  11. ^ Conrad, Stephen (1905). Mrs. Jim and Mrs. Jimmie; certain town experiences of the second Mrs. Jim as related to Jimmie's wife. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Stuntz, Stephen Conrad (1875–1918)". International Plant Name Index. 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  13. ^ Stuntz, Stephen Conrad (1900). "A Revision of the North American Species of the Genus Eleutera Beauv. (Neckera Hedw.)". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 27 (4): 202–211. doi:10.2307/2477899. JSTOR 2477899.
  14. ^ Free, Edward Elway; Stuntz, Stephen (1911). The movement of soil material by the wind, with a bibliography of eolian geology. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  15. ^ Stuntz, Stephen (1941). List of the agricultural periodicals of the United States and Canada published during the century July 1810 to July 1910. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  16. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Stuntz.
  17. ^ Sayre, Geneva (1977). "Authors of Names of Bryophytes and the Present Location of Their Herbaria". The Bryologist. 80 (3): 502–521. doi:10.2307/3242025. JSTOR 3242025.
  18. ^ "Collections". Consortium of North American Bryophyte Herbaria (CNABH). 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Online Virtual Flora of Wisconsin". Virtual Wisconsin Flora. Consortium of Wisconsin Herbaria. 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  20. ^ "The Australasian Virtual Herbarium". The Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH). 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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