Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick
| Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1870 Independence, Iowa |
| Died | 1951 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Michigan State Agricultural College Hobart College |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pomology |
| Institutions |
Michigan State Agricultural College Oregon Agricultural College Utah Agricultural College NYS Agricultural Experiment Station |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Hedrick |
Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick (1870–1951) was an American botanist and horticulturist.
His main interest was cultivated fruit trees and he published a number of volumes dealing with such fruits as cherries, grapes, plums, and peaches.
Hedrick was born in 1870 in Independence, Iowa. He grew up in Northern Michigan near Harbor Springs, an experience recalled in his memoir The Land of the Crooked Tree, and was the brother of Wilbur Olin Hedrick. He attended Michigan State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in 1893 and a Master of Science degree in 1895. He worked as Assistant Horticulturist at MSAC from 1893 to 1895, while studying for his M.S.
From 1895 to 1905, Hedrick taught botany and horticulture at Oregon Agricultural College (1895–1897), Utah Agricultural College (1897–1899), and Michigan State Agricultural College (1899–1905). He became a horticulturist at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York in 1905. While in Geneva, Hedrick completed a Doctor of Science degree at Hobart College in 1913. He continued to work at the Station, which he directed from 1928 onwards, until 1937, when he retired.
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