What key details about edgar t. wherry can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: edgar theodore wherry -lrb- 1885 -- 1982 -rrb- was an american mineralogist , soil scientist and botanist . he had a deep interest in ferns and '' sarracenia '' . wherry earned his bachelor 's degree in chemistry in 1906 from the university of pennsylvania . he received his doctorate in mineralogy in 1909 from the same university . from 1908 to 1912 , he taught at lehigh university . he lived in washington , d.c. from 1912 to 1930 , part of this time working as an assistant curator of mineralogy for the u. s. national museum , and also for the bureau of chemistry of the united states department of agriculture . he taught botany at the university of pennsylvania from 1930 to 1955 , when he retired . he wrote many papers in mineralogy through those years , he was the fourth president of the mineralogical society of america -lrb- msa -rrb- in 1923 . he became interested in ferns at age 30 , and did much work in that field the rest of his life . he was president of the american fern society from 1934 to 1939 . he wrote three key guides to the ferns of eastern north america . the first was '' guide to eastern ferns '' in 1937 , followed by a greatly updated '' the fern guide '' in 1961 , and lastly '' the southern fern guide '' in 1964 . he was in the forefront of taxonomic work on ferns , and his field guides provided far more current taxonomy than other guides of the day . he donated all royalties from the fern field guides to the american fern society . the '' edgar t. wherry award '' was established in 1989 by the botanical society of america for the best paper presented each year in the pteridological section .
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- known for is fern field guides , '' sarracenia ''- work institutions is u. , university of pennsylvania s. national museum , usda , lehigh university- death date is 1982- field is botany- birth date is 10 september 1885- name is edgar t. wherry- nationality is american- birth place is philadelphia , pennsylvania- alma mater is university of pennsylvania