The Biographical Dictionary of America/Barnes, Charles Reid

​BARNES, Charles Reid, educator, was born in Madison, Ind., Sept. 7, 1858, son of Charles and Sarah Eliza (Reid) Barnes and a descendant of George Barnes. He was graduated at Hanover college, in 1877; pursued graduate courses at Harvard 1877-'78; 1885-'86, and in 1892. He was professor of natural history at Purdue university, Lafayette, Ind., 1879-'87; professor of botany at the University of Wisconsin 1887-'98, and professor of plant physiology at the University of Chicago from 1898. He received the degree Ph.D. from Hanover college in 1886; was secretary of the Botanical society of America, and of the American association for the advancement of science, and co-editor of the Botanical Gazette. He is the author among others of "Plant Life" (1898); "Outlines of Plant Life" (1899).

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