Ralph C. Bryant

Not to be confused with his son, also Ralph Clement Bryant, Jr. (1913 - 1994), also professor of forestry[1]

Ralph Clement Bryant (1877–1939) was an early American professor of forestry,[2] the author of the pioneer textbook[3] Logging (1913)[4] and other books and notes in forestry.[5]

Education and career

R. C. Bryant was the first person to receive a forestry degree in the United States, as a graduate from the New York State College of Forestry at Cornell (1900, Forest Engineer degree).[1][6][7]

His positions include: Forester of New York State Forest, Fish and Game Commission (1900–1901), Assistant Chief Forester of Philippine Bureau of Forestry (1902–1905), U.S. Forest Service (1905–1906), Professor of Lumbering, Yale University (1906–1939).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "MSS 00150 Guide to the R. C. Bryant silviculture notebook and materials, 1899, undated", NCSU Libraries
  2. 1 2 "Preliminary Guide to the Ralph Clement Bryant Papers", Yale University Library, Manuscripts and Archives, MS 877, April 1979, New Haven, Connecticut
  3. ↑ From a book review in Journal of Forest History, October 1981, p.233
  4. ↑ "Logging: the principles and general methods of operation in the United States", by Ralph C. Bryant (1913), a google e-book
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ The Forester, August 1900, p. 194, Notes
  7. ↑ Hosmer, Ralph S. 1924, May. p. 33, "Forestry at Cornell," Cornell Forester 4:


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