Frank Shipley Collins
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Frank Shipley Collins (1848-1920) was an American botanist and algologist specializing in the study of marine algae.[1]: 55–6 He was a pioneer in the study of the distribution of algae on the Atlantic seaboard and Bermudas and was the leading American algologist of his time.[1]: 55–6 He wrote The Green Algae of North America and Working Key to the Genera of North American Algae.[1]: 56 Several species bear his name in his honor, including Collensiella tuberculata and Phaeosaccion collinsii.[1]: 56