William Campbell Steere

"Bill Steere" redirects here. For the Irish priest, see William Steere.

William Campbell Steere (1907–1989) was an American botanist known as an expert on bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts), especially arctic and tropical American species.

He earned his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1932, then taught botany at Michigan for 21 years, becoming chairman of the botany department. He then spent 8 years at Stanford University as professor and dean of the Graduate Division, before joining the New York Botanical Garden as director and then president.

He is commemorated in the names of the plant genera Steereocolea, Steerea, Steereobryon, and Steerella. Additionally Mount Steere in Antarctica is named for him.

In 1970, he was the last recipient of the Mary Soper Pope Memorial Award in botany.

The standard author abbreviation Steere is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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