Personal life
Snell married twice. His second wife, Esther A. Dick (later Esther Dick Snell), was a fellow mycologist who co-wrote A Glossary of the Fungi with him, among other works. [9]
Snell died at the age of 91 in Providence, Rhode Island.
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. - ↑ "Snell Brown Captain". Fall River Globe. Fall River, Massachusetts. June 21, 1912. p. 7. Retrieved October 31, 2024– via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Hyannis Baseball". Hyannis Patriot. Hyannis, MA. June 25, 1923. p. 5.
- ↑ McLaughlin DJ. (1983). "Walter Henry Snell, 1889—1980". Mycologia. 75 (6): 941–48. doi:10.1080/00275514.1983.12023780. JSTOR 3792650.
- ↑ Mitchell, Martha (1993). "Snell, Walter H.". Encyclopedia Brunoniana . Brown University . Retrieved November 18, 2023.
- ↑ Smith, A.H.; Thiers, H.D.; Watling, R. (1967). "A preliminary account of the North American species of Leccinum, sections Luteoscabra and Scabra". The Michigan Botanist. 6: 120–121.
- ↑ Wolfe Jr, C.B. (1983). "Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on boletes. I. A nomenclatural note on Ixechinus (Boletaceae)". Mycotaxon. 17: 398–404.
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. Snell.
- ↑ Walter H. Snell and Esther D. Snell Mycology Collection
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