Robert Everard Woodson

Robert Everard Woodson (28 April 1904 – 1963) was an American botanist.[1] Degree in Biology in 1929 at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

He gave classes in botany at Washington University, and from 1945 to 1963 he was a regular professor.[2] He was also curator of the Missouri Botanical Garden.[2][3][note 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Contradictory dates are given for the time spans Robert Everard Woodson served as curator: Riley 1995 states it was from 1948 to 1955 and from 1958 to 1963; according to Stafleu & Cowan 1988 it was from 1955 to 1956 and from 1959 to 1963 plus a time during which he seems to have been an unofficial / de facto curator, from 1945 to 1955.

References

  1. ↑ Caroline K. Allen, David J. Rogers, Lorin I. Nevling, Jr. (30 January 1965). "Robert Everard Woodson, Jr. (1904-1963)". Brittonia 17 (1): 1–11. doi:10.2307/2805386. JSTOR 2805386.
  2. 1 2 Stafleu, Frans A.; Cowan, Richard S. (1988). Stafleu, Frans A., ed. Taxonomic literature. A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. VII: W-Z (2nd ed.). Utrecht / Antwerpen: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema. pp. 446–448. ISBN 9031308536. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Riley, Martha (1995). "A Guide to the Archives and Manuscripts of the Missouri Botanical Garden" (PDF). Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 28 August 2015.


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