Liberty
Hyde
Bailey
Born:
1858
South Haven
,
MI
Died: 1954
Parents: Liberty Hyde and Sarah Bailey
Spouse: Annette Smith
Children: Sara May, Ethel Zoe
Address(es):
Last known address:
Ithaca , NY
Died: 1954
Parents: Liberty Hyde and Sarah Bailey
Spouse: Annette Smith
Children: Sara May, Ethel Zoe
Address(es):
Last known address:
Ithaca , NY
Writings
| Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cultivated Conifers in North America, Comprising the Pine Family and the Taxads; Successor to the Cultivated Evergreens | Non Fiction | Adult | New York, The Macmillan Company | 1933 | |
| The Garden Lover | Non Fiction | Adult | New York, The Macmillan Company | 1928 | |
|
The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture - 3 volumes |
Non Fiction | Adult | New York, The Macmillan Company | 1925 | |
| The Cultivated Evergreens; A Handbook of the Coniferous and Most Important Broad-Leaved Evergreens Planted for Ornament in the United States and Canada | Non Fiction | Adult | New York, The Macmillan Company | 1923 | |
| Cyclopedia of Farm Animals | Non Fiction | Adult | New York: Macmillan & Company | 1922 | |
| R.U.S. Rural Uplook Service: A Preliminary Attempt to Register the Rural Leadership in the United States and Canada | Non Fiction | Adult | 1918 | ||
| Universal Service, the Hope of Humanity | Non Fiction | Adult | Sturgis and Walton | 1918 | |
| What is Democracy? | Non Fiction | Adult | Comstock | 1918 | |
| Wind and Weather | Poetry | Adult | New York, The Macmillan Company | 1916 | |
| Outlook to Nature | Non Fiction | Adult | 1915 | ||
| Plant-breeding | Non Fiction | Adult | New York, The Macmillan Company | 1915 | |
| The Holy Earth | Non Fiction | Adult | New York: Charles Scribner's Sons | 1915 | |
| The Country-Life Movement in the United States | Non Fiction | Adult | New York, The Macmillan Company | 1911 | |
| Beginner's Botany | Non Fiction | Adult | New York, The Macmillan Company | 1909 | |
| The Training of Farmers | Non Fiction | Adult | New York: Century | 1909 | |
|
Cyclopedia of American Agriculture; A Popular Survey of Agricultural Conditions, Practices and Ideals in the United States and Canada - Editor and main contributor. 4 volumes. |
Non Fiction | Adult | New York, The Macmillan Company | 1907 -1909 | |
| The Nature-Study Idea; Being an Interpretation of the New School-Movement to Put the Child in Sympathy with Nature | Non Fiction | Adult | New York: Doubleday, Page | 1903 | |
|
Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches - by L.H. Bailey ; assisted by Wilhelm Miller and many expert cultivators and botanists ; illustrated with over two thousand original engravings. |
Non Fiction | Adult | New York : Macmillan, 1902-1903, c1901-1902 | 1901 -1903 | |
| Survival of the Unlike | Non Fiction | Adult | The University of Chicago Press for The American Society of Naturalists | 1896 | |
|
Other writings: - See MeLCat links. |
Non Fiction | Adult |
May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No
Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No
Skills:
Author
Awards:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| The frame house in which he was born in South Haven was dedicated in 1964 with a Michigan Historical Marker | 1964 |
|
Bailey's birth home in South Haven, MI is gifted to the city as a memorial - Now established as a museum. Website: http://libertyhydebailey.org/ |
1938 |
| Gold Medal of Honor, Garden Club of America | 1931 |
| Distinguished Service Award, American Association of Nurserymen | 1931 |
| Grande Medaille, Societe Nationale d'Acclimatation de France | 1928 |
| George Robert White Medal | 1927 |
| Gold Medal National Institute Social Science |
Inclusion in biographical or critical works:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Ink Trails: Michigan's Famous and Forgotten Authors by Dave and Jack Dempsey | 2012 |
| American Authors and Books 1640 to Present Day. Veitchian Gold Medal | 1927 |
| American Literary Yearbook | |
| Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography | |
| Biographical Dictionary of American Educators | |
| Dictionary of American Biography | |
| Dictionary of Scientific Biography | |
| Lincoln Library of Social Studies | |
| National Cyclopaedia of American Biography | |
| Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans | |
| Webster's American Biographies | |
| Who Was Who among North American Authors | |
| Who Was Who in America |
Education:
| Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. Sc | University of Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 1932 |
| Litt.D. | University of Vermont | Vermont | 1919 |
| Alfred University | 1908 | ||
| LL.D. | University of Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 1907 |
| Master of Science (M.S.) | Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) | East Lansing , MI | 1886 |
|
Attends
- Assistant to Professor Asa Gray. |
Harvard University | Cambridge , MA | 1883 -1884 |
| Bachelor of Science (B.S.) | Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) | East Lansing , MI | 1882 |
Career:
| Position | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | American Academy of Arts and Science | 1926 | |
|
Chairman
- Appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt |
Commission on Country Life | 1908 | |
| Founder and President | American Nature Study Society | 1908 | |
| Director and Dean | College of Agriculture at Cornell University | Ithaca, , NY | 1903 -1913 |
| Founder and first president | American Society for Horticultural Science | 1903 | |
| Founder | New York Agricultural College at Cornell University | Ithica , NY | 1894 |
| Professor of General and Experimental Horticulture | Cornell University | New York | 1888 -1903 |
| Professor and Chair of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening. | Michigan Agricultural College | East Lansing , MI | 1885 -1888 |
| Assistant to Asa Gray | Harvard University | Massachusetts | 1882 -1883 |
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