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Reed C. Rollins

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Reed Clark Rollins
Born(1911-12-07)December 7, 1911
DiedApril 28, 1998(1998-04-28) (aged 86)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Wyoming
Harvard University
Occupation(s)Botanist, Professor

Reed Clark Rollins (7 December 1911 – 28 April 1998) was an American botanist, professor at Harvard University and one of the founders of both the International Association for Plant Taxonomy[1] and the Organization for Tropical Studies.[2] He was also the second president of each of them.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cowan, R. S. and Stafleu, F. A. (1982) "The origin and early history of IAPT" Taxon 31(3): pp. 415–420
  2. ^ Stone, Donald E. (1988) "The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS): A Success Story in Graduate Training and Research" in Almeda, Frank and Pringle, Catherine M. (1988) Tropical Rainforests: Diversity and Conservation California Academy of Sciences and Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, California, pp. 143–187, p. 152 ISBN 0-940228-19-X, accessed 6 April 2009
  3. ^ "Organization for Tropical Studies - The Rogues Gallery of Presidents", accessed 6 April 2009
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Rollins.

Bibliography

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  • Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. (1999). "Reed Clark Rollins (7 December 1911 – 28 April 1998)". Taxon. 48 (2): 225–256. JSTOR 1224430.
  • Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. (2000). "Chapter 13: Reed Clark Rollins". In National Academy of Sciences (ed.). Biographic Memoirs. Vol. 78. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi:10.17226/9977. ISBN 978-0-309-07035-5.
  • Campbell, Christopher S.; Greene, Craig W. (1988). "A Tribute to Reed Clark Rollins, Recipient of the 1987 Asa Gray Award". Systematic Botany. 13 (1): 170–171.