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Earl Lemley Core was born on 20 January, 1902 in Core, West Virginia, is an American botanist and educator. Discover Earl Lemley Core's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 20 January, 1902
Birthday 20 January
Birthplace Core, West Virginia
Date of death 8 December, 1984
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Nationality United States

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1902

Earl Lemley Core (January 20, 1902 – December 8, 1984) was a botanist and botanical educator, researcher, and author as well as a local West Virginia historian.

He was founder of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club and editor of its journal, Castanea, for thirty-five years.

Core was born on January 20, 1902, at Core, West Virginia, the son of Harry Michael and Clara Edna (née Lemley) Core.

1920

He graduated from Morgantown High School and taught in rural schools from 1920 to 1923.

1926

He then attended WVU, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1926 and a Master of Arts in 1928.

1928

He was a teacher and professor at West Virginia University (WVU) from 1928 to 1972.

He served for four years on the Morgantown City Council, and served as mayor of Morgantown for two years.

Core became an instructor at WVU in 1928 and remained on the faculty for over 44 years.

1934

He progressed to assistant professor in 1934, associate professor in 1941, professor in 1942, and professor emeritus in 1972.

He served as curator of the university herbarium from 1934 until his retirement in 1972.

1936

He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1936 from Columbia University.

His dissertation was on the systematics of the sedge genus Scleria.

1937

In 1937, Core wrote The Chronicles of Core, a history of his home community.

1939

In addition, he served as a member of the summer faculty at Ohio State University between 1939 and 1941, and of Concord College in 1961.

1943

Core was named botanist for the Colombia Cinchona Mission, Bogota, Colombia, from 1943 to 1945 during which assignment he explored in the Andes Mountains in search of wartime sources of quinine from the Cinchona tree.

In the course of his career, Core authored numerous technical articles, several books, and hundreds of newspaper articles.

Two notable textbooks that became standards were General Biology, co-authored by Core, P.D. Strausbaugh, and B.R. Weimer, and A New Manual for the Biology Laboratory, co-authored with Weimer.

His botanical texts were The Flora of West Virginia, a four volume series written with Strausbaugh, Flora of the Erie Islands, Spring Wild Flowers, Plant Taxonomy, and Vegetation of West Virginia.

He also prepared a collection of weekly botanical writings for the Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette entitled The Wondrous Year.

1948

Core was chairman of the Biology Department from 1948 to 1966.

1960

In 1960 he published Morgantown Disciples, a history of the First Christian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia.

1967

The Earl L. Core Arboretum at WVU was named in his honor in 1967.

1974

Late in life he embarked upon an extensive five-volume history of Monongalia County, West Virginia (1974–84), completing the last volume shortly before his death.

This material had been published over a period of 12 years in a weekly column of the Morgantown Dominion Post newspaper.