Roland McMillan Harper

Comment: Possibly notable, but simply publishing scientific papers does not establish notability, and the other source isn't enough to pass the "professor test" on its own. Nathan2055^{talk - contribs} 08:19, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

R. M. Harper should redirect here

Roland McMillan Harper (1878 - 1966) was a botanist and geographer known for his work in the Southeastern United States.^[1] He and his brother Frances retraced William Bartram's journey through Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. Harper left a collection of photographs and documents. He was an acquaintance of Nathaniel Britton, Hugo de Vries, and Charles Davenport.^[2]

He was born in Farmington, Maine.^[1] When he was 10, his family moved to Dalton, Georgia and five years later to Americus, Georgia.^[1]

He discovered and described Scirpus georgianus before graduating high school and discovered another 29 flowering plants during his career. more than a dozen are named for him. He was a white supremacist, collector of newspaper clippings, and train timetables.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Harper, Roland McMillan (1878-1966) on JSTOR". doi:10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000200212 (inactive 2019-03-07). {{cite journal}}: Check |doi= value (help); Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of March 2019 (link)
^ Shores, Elizabeth Findley (27 December 2018). On Harper's Trail: Roland Mcmillan Harper, Pioneering Botanist of the Southern Coastal Plain. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820335223.

[jstor-1] "Harper, Roland McMillan (1878-1966) on JSTOR". doi:10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000200212 (inactive 2019-03-07). {{cite journal}}: Check |doi= value (help); Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of March 2019 (link)

[2] Shores, Elizabeth Findley (27 December 2018). On Harper's Trail: Roland Mcmillan Harper, Pioneering Botanist of the Southern Coastal Plain. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820335223.

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