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Henry Nathaniel Andrews

Botanist and paleontologist (1910-2002) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 91

Henry Nathaniel Andrews, Jr. was an American paleobotanist recognized as an expert in plants of the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. He was a fellow of the Geological Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was elected into the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1975.

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship1951
Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

About this person

He was a professor at the Washington University in St. Louis from 1940 to 1964 and a paleobotanist at the Missouri Botanical Garden 1947 to 1964. From 1964 until his retirement 1975, Andrews worked at the University of Connecticut, where he served as head of the school's Botany department and later as head of the Systematics and Environmental Section.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 2002 · aged 91