Rockville Cemetery Ledger OC3-104: contributed by achantle (#47704678), October 2015)
Cemetery office confirmed that this burial is unmarked. The office also reported, specifically: There is no Marker for this site. In fact, there are no Markers on this entire lot. There are 2 corner markers. (This information was also related by achantle (#47704678), October 14, 2015.)
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Contributor of Mr. Dorsett's obituary, below, is achantle (47704678):
JAMES H. DORSETT, EXPLORER, IS DEAD
Plant Expert, Photographer for Geographic Society, Native of Maryland
James H. Dorsett, plant explorer, a member of the photographic staff of the National Geographic Society, who at the age of 27 had adventured into little known areas of the world and was the first man to photograph many of the plant immigrants from China, died yesterday morning at the home of his aunt, Mrs. George C. Husmann, 1419 Allison street.
Young Dorsett had won recognition among scientists for his work with his father, P. H. Dorsett of the Office of foreign plant introduction, Department of Agriculture.
Born at Garrett Park, Md., the young man played in the experimental greenhouses of his father, where he gained a bent for the technical and scientific work he later took up. Through his father's friends, he met the late Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and became one [of] the shipbuilders of the laboratories of Dr. Bell at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, while the inventor was constructing the hydrofoil speed boat, the HD. Later he crossed the Atlantic in the famous voyage of the 45-foot vessel, the Typhoon with F.W. Baldwin and William Nutting. On that trip he was washed overboard during a hurricane and by sheet luck, he always said, he was able to cling to a sheet anchor and was dragged aboard.
With Father in Orient.
When the elder Mr. Dorsett was chosen by the Secretary of Agriculture to explore the wilds of Manchuria for forage crops, cereals and other plants, his son accompanied him as photographer. For three years father and son camped and collected plants, and photographed the agricultural industries of China. They amassed a large collection of new kinds of soy beans, kaoliangs, wild pear trees, wild chestnuts and ornamental plants, which already are growing in thousands of fields and gardens of this country.
Dr. David Fairchild, in charge of agriculture, paid a high tribute to Mr. Dorsett's work.
"Of these plant immigrants, Jim's thousands of photographs are the first portraits ever taken, and when, years hence, they are making millions for American farmers, this collection of pictures will be of great historical value."
In the Winter of 1925-26, Allison V. Amour invited young Mr. Dorsett to join his expedition in Ceylon and there again he employed his camera as the members of the party climbed giant bamboos for seeds.
Dr. Fairchild, a member of that expedition, said: "I saw him as he disappeared, camera in hand, at Takengon, up the jungle trail through the wilds of northern Sumatra, to reappear 200 miles farther on at a tiny military camp. Those were days of thrilling experiences on the Sumatra highlands, where the sunlit roads, infested by tigers at night, made by day good collection places for strange tropical plants. He was a fearless and tireless as his father."
Made Chinese Movies.
When spring returned to North China and, in spite of the disturbed political conditions, gathered thousands of seeds and plants. Among their other work they made movies of the Chinese persimmon growers storing away millions of fruits for Winter use. The technical motion pictures of Chinese agricultural practices were the first ever brought to America.
Upon his return from the expedition, Mr. Dorsett joined the photographic staff of the National Geographic Society, to assist in the field surveys. He married Miss Ruth Bisset, and his widow survives him.
Mr. Dorsett's funeral will take place from the residence of his aunt, Mrs. Husmann, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. He will be buried in the cemetery of Rockville, Md.
[The Washington Star (Washington, DC) • 9 Oct 1927 • Page 15]
Cemetery office confirmed that this burial is unmarked. The office also reported, specifically: There is no Marker for this site. In fact, there are no Markers on this entire lot. There are 2 corner markers. (This information was also related by achantle (#47704678), October 14, 2015.)
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Contributor of Mr. Dorsett's obituary, below, is achantle (47704678):
JAMES H. DORSETT, EXPLORER, IS DEAD
Plant Expert, Photographer for Geographic Society, Native of Maryland
James H. Dorsett, plant explorer, a member of the photographic staff of the National Geographic Society, who at the age of 27 had adventured into little known areas of the world and was the first man to photograph many of the plant immigrants from China, died yesterday morning at the home of his aunt, Mrs. George C. Husmann, 1419 Allison street.
Young Dorsett had won recognition among scientists for his work with his father, P. H. Dorsett of the Office of foreign plant introduction, Department of Agriculture.
Born at Garrett Park, Md., the young man played in the experimental greenhouses of his father, where he gained a bent for the technical and scientific work he later took up. Through his father's friends, he met the late Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and became one [of] the shipbuilders of the laboratories of Dr. Bell at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, while the inventor was constructing the hydrofoil speed boat, the HD. Later he crossed the Atlantic in the famous voyage of the 45-foot vessel, the Typhoon with F.W. Baldwin and William Nutting. On that trip he was washed overboard during a hurricane and by sheet luck, he always said, he was able to cling to a sheet anchor and was dragged aboard.
With Father in Orient.
When the elder Mr. Dorsett was chosen by the Secretary of Agriculture to explore the wilds of Manchuria for forage crops, cereals and other plants, his son accompanied him as photographer. For three years father and son camped and collected plants, and photographed the agricultural industries of China. They amassed a large collection of new kinds of soy beans, kaoliangs, wild pear trees, wild chestnuts and ornamental plants, which already are growing in thousands of fields and gardens of this country.
Dr. David Fairchild, in charge of agriculture, paid a high tribute to Mr. Dorsett's work.
"Of these plant immigrants, Jim's thousands of photographs are the first portraits ever taken, and when, years hence, they are making millions for American farmers, this collection of pictures will be of great historical value."
In the Winter of 1925-26, Allison V. Amour invited young Mr. Dorsett to join his expedition in Ceylon and there again he employed his camera as the members of the party climbed giant bamboos for seeds.
Dr. Fairchild, a member of that expedition, said: "I saw him as he disappeared, camera in hand, at Takengon, up the jungle trail through the wilds of northern Sumatra, to reappear 200 miles farther on at a tiny military camp. Those were days of thrilling experiences on the Sumatra highlands, where the sunlit roads, infested by tigers at night, made by day good collection places for strange tropical plants. He was a fearless and tireless as his father."
Made Chinese Movies.
When spring returned to North China and, in spite of the disturbed political conditions, gathered thousands of seeds and plants. Among their other work they made movies of the Chinese persimmon growers storing away millions of fruits for Winter use. The technical motion pictures of Chinese agricultural practices were the first ever brought to America.
Upon his return from the expedition, Mr. Dorsett joined the photographic staff of the National Geographic Society, to assist in the field surveys. He married Miss Ruth Bisset, and his widow survives him.
Mr. Dorsett's funeral will take place from the residence of his aunt, Mrs. Husmann, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. He will be buried in the cemetery of Rockville, Md.
[The Washington Star (Washington, DC) • 9 Oct 1927 • Page 15]
Rockville Cemetery Ledger OC3-104: contributed by achantle (#47704678), October 2015)
Cemetery office confirmed that this burial is unmarked. The office also reported, specifically: There is no Marker for this site. In fact, there are no Markers on this entire lot. There are 2 corner markers. (This information was also related by achantle (#47704678), October 14, 2015.)
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Contributor of Mr. Dorsett's obituary, below, is achantle (47704678):
JAMES H. DORSETT, EXPLORER, IS DEAD
Plant Expert, Photographer for Geographic Society, Native of Maryland
James H. Dorsett, plant explorer, a member of the photographic staff of the National Geographic Society, who at the age of 27 had adventured into little known areas of the world and was the first man to photograph many of the plant immigrants from China, died yesterday morning at the home of his aunt, Mrs. George C. Husmann, 1419 Allison street.
Young Dorsett had won recognition among scientists for his work with his father, P. H. Dorsett of the Office of foreign plant introduction, Department of Agriculture.
Born at Garrett Park, Md., the young man played in the experimental greenhouses of his father, where he gained a bent for the technical and scientific work he later took up. Through his father's friends, he met the late Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and became one [of] the shipbuilders of the laboratories of Dr. Bell at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, while the inventor was constructing the hydrofoil speed boat, the HD. Later he crossed the Atlantic in the famous voyage of the 45-foot vessel, the Typhoon with F.W. Baldwin and William Nutting. On that trip he was washed overboard during a hurricane and by sheet luck, he always said, he was able to cling to a sheet anchor and was dragged aboard.
With Father in Orient.
When the elder Mr. Dorsett was chosen by the Secretary of Agriculture to explore the wilds of Manchuria for forage crops, cereals and other plants, his son accompanied him as photographer. For three years father and son camped and collected plants, and photographed the agricultural industries of China. They amassed a large collection of new kinds of soy beans, kaoliangs, wild pear trees, wild chestnuts and ornamental plants, which already are growing in thousands of fields and gardens of this country.
Dr. David Fairchild, in charge of agriculture, paid a high tribute to Mr. Dorsett's work.
"Of these plant immigrants, Jim's thousands of photographs are the first portraits ever taken, and when, years hence, they are making millions for American farmers, this collection of pictures will be of great historical value."
In the Winter of 1925-26, Allison V. Amour invited young Mr. Dorsett to join his expedition in Ceylon and there again he employed his camera as the members of the party climbed giant bamboos for seeds.
Dr. Fairchild, a member of that expedition, said: "I saw him as he disappeared, camera in hand, at Takengon, up the jungle trail through the wilds of northern Sumatra, to reappear 200 miles farther on at a tiny military camp. Those were days of thrilling experiences on the Sumatra highlands, where the sunlit roads, infested by tigers at night, made by day good collection places for strange tropical plants. He was a fearless and tireless as his father."
Made Chinese Movies.
When spring returned to North China and, in spite of the disturbed political conditions, gathered thousands of seeds and plants. Among their other work they made movies of the Chinese persimmon growers storing away millions of fruits for Winter use. The technical motion pictures of Chinese agricultural practices were the first ever brought to America.
Upon his return from the expedition, Mr. Dorsett joined the photographic staff of the National Geographic Society, to assist in the field surveys. He married Miss Ruth Bisset, and his widow survives him.
Mr. Dorsett's funeral will take place from the residence of his aunt, Mrs. Husmann, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. He will be buried in the cemetery of Rockville, Md.
[The Washington Star (Washington, DC) • 9 Oct 1927 • Page 15]
Cemetery office confirmed that this burial is unmarked. The office also reported, specifically: There is no Marker for this site. In fact, there are no Markers on this entire lot. There are 2 corner markers. (This information was also related by achantle (#47704678), October 14, 2015.)
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Contributor of Mr. Dorsett's obituary, below, is achantle (47704678):
JAMES H. DORSETT, EXPLORER, IS DEAD
Plant Expert, Photographer for Geographic Society, Native of Maryland
James H. Dorsett, plant explorer, a member of the photographic staff of the National Geographic Society, who at the age of 27 had adventured into little known areas of the world and was the first man to photograph many of the plant immigrants from China, died yesterday morning at the home of his aunt, Mrs. George C. Husmann, 1419 Allison street.
Young Dorsett had won recognition among scientists for his work with his father, P. H. Dorsett of the Office of foreign plant introduction, Department of Agriculture.
Born at Garrett Park, Md., the young man played in the experimental greenhouses of his father, where he gained a bent for the technical and scientific work he later took up. Through his father's friends, he met the late Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and became one [of] the shipbuilders of the laboratories of Dr. Bell at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, while the inventor was constructing the hydrofoil speed boat, the HD. Later he crossed the Atlantic in the famous voyage of the 45-foot vessel, the Typhoon with F.W. Baldwin and William Nutting. On that trip he was washed overboard during a hurricane and by sheet luck, he always said, he was able to cling to a sheet anchor and was dragged aboard.
With Father in Orient.
When the elder Mr. Dorsett was chosen by the Secretary of Agriculture to explore the wilds of Manchuria for forage crops, cereals and other plants, his son accompanied him as photographer. For three years father and son camped and collected plants, and photographed the agricultural industries of China. They amassed a large collection of new kinds of soy beans, kaoliangs, wild pear trees, wild chestnuts and ornamental plants, which already are growing in thousands of fields and gardens of this country.
Dr. David Fairchild, in charge of agriculture, paid a high tribute to Mr. Dorsett's work.
"Of these plant immigrants, Jim's thousands of photographs are the first portraits ever taken, and when, years hence, they are making millions for American farmers, this collection of pictures will be of great historical value."
In the Winter of 1925-26, Allison V. Amour invited young Mr. Dorsett to join his expedition in Ceylon and there again he employed his camera as the members of the party climbed giant bamboos for seeds.
Dr. Fairchild, a member of that expedition, said: "I saw him as he disappeared, camera in hand, at Takengon, up the jungle trail through the wilds of northern Sumatra, to reappear 200 miles farther on at a tiny military camp. Those were days of thrilling experiences on the Sumatra highlands, where the sunlit roads, infested by tigers at night, made by day good collection places for strange tropical plants. He was a fearless and tireless as his father."
Made Chinese Movies.
When spring returned to North China and, in spite of the disturbed political conditions, gathered thousands of seeds and plants. Among their other work they made movies of the Chinese persimmon growers storing away millions of fruits for Winter use. The technical motion pictures of Chinese agricultural practices were the first ever brought to America.
Upon his return from the expedition, Mr. Dorsett joined the photographic staff of the National Geographic Society, to assist in the field surveys. He married Miss Ruth Bisset, and his widow survives him.
Mr. Dorsett's funeral will take place from the residence of his aunt, Mrs. Husmann, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. He will be buried in the cemetery of Rockville, Md.
[The Washington Star (Washington, DC) • 9 Oct 1927 • Page 15]
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