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Carl W. Sharsmith (March 14, 1903 – October 14, 1994) was an American naturalist.

Biography

Born Karl Wilhelm Schaarschmidt II in New York City to Swiss and German parents. He grew up the U.S., Europe, and Canada. Sharsmith was inspired by the works of naturalist John Muir and became interested in the outdoors and nature. He dropped out of school at 14, but became inspired enough to finish his high school and college education.
   Sharsmith enrolled in the Yosemite School of Field Natural History in 1930 then was hired as a seaonal Ranger-Naturalist in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park the following year. He received is BA from University of California, Los Angeles in 1933 and his Ph.D. in botany from University of California, Berkeley in 1940.
   Sharsmith would work each summer as a Ranger-Naturalist and spend the rest of the year teaching or performing herbarium research. He was said to have explored nearly every "nook and cranny" of Yosemite's High Sierra He said that to motivate people to learn "people are not interested in facts. The greater appeal is to the heart." On his nature walks he'd often kneel down and talk about a flower. One of his favorite flowers was Raggedy Aster Aster integrifolius.
   The rest of the year he taught or researched at various schools: University of Minnesota, Stanford University, and San Jose State University. Sharsmith was Professor of Botany at San Jose State from 1950 to 1973.
   Besides interpreting for visitors, Sharsmith did basic research on the alpine meadows of the High Sierra, gathering thousands of herbarium samples and publishing several research papers. His interests included botany, zoology, geology, classical music, Shakespeare, and singing opera.
   Sharsmith's wife was Helen, a biologist by her own right. They had a son John, named after John Muir, and a daughter Linnea, named after Carolus Linnaeus. Sharsmith and his wife later divorced.
   Sharsmith died 1994 in his home at San Jose, California.

Awards

National Park Service Meritorious Service Award in 1956, the highest award for an NPS employee
Yosemite Award in 1990, as the first recipient, recognized the "rich legacy he's given this park."

Legacy

Carl W. Sharsmith Herbarium, San José State University

. Dedicated 1977

Sharsmith Peak, informal name for Peak 12002 in Yosemite National Park; proposed official name

Sharsmith's stickseed (Hackelia sharsmithii I.M. Johnston) named for Sharsmith and discovered by Sharsmith and his wife at Mirror Lake after climbing Mount WhitneyFurther Information

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