Lela Viola Barton

Lela Viola Barton (19011967) was an American botanist who specialized in seed germination and storage.[1]

Early life

Lela Barton was born in Farmington, Washington County, Arkansas, on 14 November 1901, the third of five children born to Gaston Reuben and Mary Fannie (née Miller) Barton.[2]

Career

Barton worked at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Yonkers, in New York City, specializing in seeds.[1]

Death

Barton died aged 66 at Tucson, Arizona, on 31 July 1967; she was buried at Fairview Memorial Gardens, Fayetteville, Arkansas. She never married.[3]

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