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Willard Webster Eggleston
American botanist (1863-1935) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 72
Willard Webster Eggleston was an American botanist, employed by the United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1891 with a Bachelor of Science degree.
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In his work on the taxonomy of Crataegus (hawthorns), now known to be complicated by apomixis, polyploidy, and hybridization, he aimed to simplify, counteracting the proliferation of species names that other botanists had produced.
Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1863 to 1935 · aged 72
