Edward Wilber Berry

Edward Wilber Berry (February 10, 1875 – September 20, 1945) was an American paleontologist and botanist; the principal focus of his research was paleobotany.

Early life Berry was born February 10, 1875, in Newark, New Jersey, and finished high school in 1890 at the age of 15.

Career Berry studied North and South American flora and published taxonomic studies with theoretical reconstructions of paleoecology and phytogeography. He started his scientific career as an amateur scientist, working with William Bullock Clark as a lab assistant in 1905.

Major expeditions 1919: co-leader, Johns Hopkins George H. Williams Memorial Expedition, Andes Mountains 1927: geological expedition to Peru and Ecuador 1933: geological expedition to Venezuela

Participation in scientific societies 1924: president, Paleontological Society of America 1945: president, Geological Society of America

Selected bibliography

1916. The Lower Eocene Floras of Southeastern North America 1924. The Middle and Upper Eocene floras of Southeastern North America. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 92 1925. 1929. 1929. 1934. 1937.

Awards and honors 1901: Walker Prize, Boston Society of Natural History 1919: Member of the American Philosophical Society 1921: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1922: Member of the National Academy of Sciences 1930: honorary doctorate by Lehigh University 1942: Mary Clark Thompson Medal from the National Academy of Sciences