William Starling Sullivant

William Starling Sullivant (born Jan. 15, 1803, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.—died April 30, 1873, Columbus) was a botanist who was the leading American bryologist of his time. His studies of bryophytes (mosses and liverworts) formed the basis for further investigations of these plants in the United States. Sullivant was educated at Ohio University (Athens) and Yale College. On his father’s death in 1823, he assumed the management of family properties in Ohio, interrupting his education to...