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| Thomas Macbride |
This week celebrates Thomas Macbride’s 164th
birthday! For you frequent museum goers you might recognize his last name. Like
many influential professors and researchers in the UI’s history, Macbride Hall
was named in honor of Thomas Macbride in 1934. The building was originally
called Hall of Natural Science and was constructed in 1904.
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| Botanical specimens collected by Macbride |
July 31st is a day of celebration and remembrance
of Thomas Macbride. He was a highly accomplished individual. He joined the
University of Iowa in 1878, and in five years began teaching botany. He became the head of the Department of
Botany in 1902. He had a huge love and passion for the outdoors and its
preservation. He is known as the father of Iowa conservation for his role in
forming the state park system (Lake Macbride State Park was also named after
Thomas Macbride for his continual dedication to botany and The University of
Iowa).
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| Macbride (center) with his peers |
Thomas Macbride and his fellow botanist, Bohumil Shimek,
were major contributions to the study of botany, as well as the Museum of
Natural History’s botanical holdings.
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| Learn more about Thomas Macbride in the Iowa Hall Lobby |
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| Botany of Shakespeare |
-Written by Assistant Education Coordinator Ashlee Gloede
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