Authors and Illustrators Database

Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick

Born: 01/15/1870  Independence
Died: 11/14/1951
Parents: Benjamin Franklin Hedrick, Mary Catherine Hedrick
Spouse: Amy Willis Plummer,
Children: Catherine, Penelope, Ulysses

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
A History of Horticulture in America to 1860 Non Fiction Adult New York, Oxford University Press 1950
The Land of the Crooked Tree Michigan History Adult New York : Oxford University Press 1948
Grapes and Wines from Home Vineyards Non Fiction Adult Oxford University Press 1945
Fruits for the home garden Non Fiction Adult New York, Dover Publications 1944-1973
Cyclopedia of hardy fruits Non Fiction Adult New York, The Macmillan company 1938
Apple Districts of New York with Varieties for Each
- With N. Booth, O. Taylor Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station with many others on varieties of fruits such as apples, plumbs, peaches and pears.
Non Fiction Adult New York State Agricultural Experiment Station 1906
Other writings:
- Numerous pamphlets, bulletins on horticultural subjects.
Adult
What is the aim or goal of your writing: 1st and 2nd ed. say, " Of special interest to residents of Michigan is The Land of the Crooked Tree, found on old maps as L'Arbre Croche, on the northern tip of the lower peninsula of Michigan. The period of the 1870's and 1880's is the background; Mr. Hedrick said of the book, "...not an autobiography, although it is brazenly personal from beginning to end. " It is dedicated "To the Memory of my parents, pioneers in the land of the crooked tree."

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Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
LL.D. Utah Agricultural College
- Honorary degree
1938
Wilder medal awarded by the American Pomological Society
- for his publications and fruit breeding work
1929
George Robert White medal: Massachusetts Horticultural Society
- for “eminent service in horticulture”
1925

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988
Michigan Authors, 1st ed., 2nd ed., 3rd. ed.
- Publication years: 1960, 1980, 1993
1960-1993
Who Was Who in America 1938
National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
Who Was Who among North American Authors

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Science (D.Sc) Utah State College Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1938
Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) Hobart College Geneva, NY 1913
Master of Science (M.S.) Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) East Lansing, MI 1895
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) East Lansing, MI 1893

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Director New York Agricultural Experiment Station Geneva, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1928-1937
Horticulturist 1905-1930
Professor of Horticulture Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) East Lansing, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1899-1905
Professor of Botany and Horticulture Utah Agricultural College (now Utah State University) Logan, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1897-1899
Professor of Botany and Horticulture Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) Corvallis 1895-1897
Assistant horticulturist Michigan Agricultural College East Lansing, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1893-1895

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