Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

William Campbell Dickison: A biographical tribute and bibliography

  • Published:
The Botanical Review Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

William Campbell Dickison, professor of biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and internationally noted plant anatomist and morphologist, died on 22 November 1999. This tribute chronicles his life journey and elucidates his accomplishments in and contributions to botany.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

Literature Cited

  • Alverson, W. S., K. G. Karol, D. A. Baum, M. W. Chase, S. M. Swensen, R. McCourt &K. J. Sytsma. 1998. Circumscription of the Malvales and relationships to other Rosidae: Evidence fromrbcL sequence data. Amer. J. Bot. 85: 876–887.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bold, H. C. 1967. Morphology of plants. Ed. 2. Harper & Row, New York.

    Google Scholar 

  • —. 1973. Morphology of plants. Ed. 3. Harper & Row, New York.

    Google Scholar 

  • —. 1980. Morphology of plants and fungi. Ed. 4. Harper & Row, New York.

    Google Scholar 

  • —, — & —. 1987. Morphology of plants and fungi. Ed. 5. Harper & Row, New York.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bradford, J. C. &R. W. Barnes. 2001. Phylogenetics and classification of Cunoniaceae (Oxalidales) using chloroplast DNA sequences and morphology. Syst. Bot. 26: 354–385.

    Google Scholar 

  • Burk, W. R. 2001. William Campbell Dickison (1941–1999): A tribute. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 117: 90–93.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cowan, R. S. 1975. Review of Vascular Plant Systematics, by A. E. Radford, W. C. Dickison, J. R. Massey & C. R. Bell, with contributions by B. W. Smith et al. Harper & Row, New York, 1974. xiv + 891 pp. Taxon 24: 383–384.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cutler, D. F. &M. Gregory (eds.). 1998. Anatomy of the dicotyledons. Vol. 4. Saxifragales (sensu Armen Takhtajan). Ed. 2. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dickison, W. C., P. M. Rury &G. L. Stebbins. 1978. Xylem anatomy ofHibbertia (Dilleniaceae) in relation to ecology and evolution. J. Arnold Arbor. 59: 32–49.

    Google Scholar 

  • Endress, P. K., P. Baas &M. Gregory. 2000. Systematic plant morphology and anatomy—50 years of progress. Taxon 49: 401–434.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fay, M. F., S. M. Swensen &M. W. Chase. 1997. Taxonomic affinities ofMedusagyne oppositifolia (Medusagynaceae). Kew Bull. 52: 111–120.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gensel, P. G. 2000. William Campbell Dickison, 1941–1999. Pl. Sci. Bull. 46: 14–15.

    Google Scholar 

  • Grew, N. 1682. The anatomy of plants: With an idea of a philosophical history of plants, and several other lectures, read before the Royal Society. Printed by W. Rawlins, for the author, [London].

  • Metcalfe, C. R. 1987. Anatomy of the dicotyledons. Vol. 3. Magnoliales, Illiciales, and Laurales (sensu Armen Takhtajan). Ed. 2. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

    Google Scholar 

  • —. 1979. Anatomy of the dicotyledons. Vol. 1. Systematic anatomy of leaf and stem, with a brief history of the subject. Ed. 2. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

    Google Scholar 

  • — & —. 1983. Anatomy of the dicotyledons. Vol. 2. Wood structure and conclusion of the general introduction. Ed. 2. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rury, P. M. &W. C. Dickison. 1984. Structural correlations among wood, leaves and plant habit. Pp. 495–540in R. A. White & W. C. Dickison (eds.), Contemporary problems in plant anatomy. Academic Press, New York.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schmid, R. 1985. Review of Contemporary Problems in Plant Anatomy, edited by R. A. White & W. C. Dickison. Academic Press, New York, 1985. 598 pp. BioScience 35: 448–449.

    Google Scholar 

  • Stebbins, G. L. 1974. Flowering plants: Evolution above the species level. Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA.

    Google Scholar 

  • Thomas, J. H. 1976. Review of Vascular Plant Systematics, by A. E. Radford, W. C. Dickison, J. R. Massey & C. R. Bell, with contributions by B. W. Smith et al. Harper & Row, New York, 1974. xiv + 891 pp. Quart. Rev. Biol. 51: 126–127.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tomlinson, P. B. 2000a. Review of Integrative Plant Anatomy, by W. C. Dickison. Academic Press, San Diego, Calif. xvii + 533 pp. IAWA J. 21: 374–375.

    Google Scholar 

  • —. 2000b. Review of Integrative Plant Anatomy, by W. C. Dickison. Academic Press, San Diego, Calif. xvii + 533 pp. Pl. Syst. Evol. 225: 245–246.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wheeler, E. A. 2000. William Campbell Dickison (1941–1999). IAWA J. 21: 133–134.

    Google Scholar 

  • White, P. S. 2000. William Campbell Dickison, 1941–1999. North Carolina Bot. Gard. Newslett. 28(2): 15.

    Google Scholar 

  • Willenbrink, J. 1997. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Napp-Zinn. Flora Colonia 5/6: 1–4.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. John N. Couch Biology Library-Botany Section, University of North Carolina, 27599-3280, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    William R. Burk

Authors
  1. William R. Burk
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Burk, W.R. William Campbell Dickison: A biographical tribute and bibliography. Bot. Rev 68, 571–603 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1663/0006-8101(2002)068[0571:WCDABT]2.0.CO;2

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1663/0006-8101(2002)068[0571:WCDABT]2.0.CO;2

Keywords

Search

Navigation