Frank E. Buck (1884-1970) was a Canadian horticulturalist. [1]
Biography
Frank Ebernezer Buck was born in 1884 in Colchester, England and moved to Canada in 1902. [1]
He attended Macdonald College at McGill University and received a Diploma from Cornell University. [1] He then worked at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa. [1] In 1920, he joined the Department of Horticulture at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver as a landscape architect and an Assistant Professor. [1] He planned and created the forest on the UBC campus, including the Botanical Gardens. [1] He retired in 1943 and became Supervisor of Campus Development. [1] He was a charter member and President of the Town Planning Institute of Canada. [1] He was also a Charter Member of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists, a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Canadian Horticultural Association, the National Rose Society, an honorary member of the B.C. Society of Landscape Architects, and a B.C. representative to the National Plant Registration Bureau. [1]
He died in 1970. [1]
On the UBC campus, the fountain in front of the University Library is dedicated to him. [1] An endowed chair is named for him at Stanford University, where Myron Scholes is currently the Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance. [2]
References
- 1884 births
- 1970 deaths
- People from Colchester
- McGill University Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences alumni
- Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni
- Academic staff of the University of British Columbia
- 20th-century Canadian botanists
- Canadian horticulturists
- British emigrants to Canada
Frank E. Buck (1884-1970) was a Canadian horticulturalist. [1]
Biography
Frank Ebernezer Buck was born in 1884 in Colchester, England and moved to Canada in 1902. [1]
He attended Macdonald College at McGill University and received a Diploma from Cornell University. [1] He then worked at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa. [1] In 1920, he joined the Department of Horticulture at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver as a landscape architect and an Assistant Professor. [1] He planned and created the forest on the UBC campus, including the Botanical Gardens. [1] He retired in 1943 and became Supervisor of Campus Development. [1] He was a charter member and President of the Town Planning Institute of Canada. [1] He was also a Charter Member of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists, a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Canadian Horticultural Association, the National Rose Society, an honorary member of the B.C. Society of Landscape Architects, and a B.C. representative to the National Plant Registration Bureau. [1]
He died in 1970. [1]
On the UBC campus, the fountain in front of the University Library is dedicated to him. [1] An endowed chair is named for him at Stanford University, where Myron Scholes is currently the Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance. [2]
References
- 1884 births
- 1970 deaths
- People from Colchester
- McGill University Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences alumni
- Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni
- Academic staff of the University of British Columbia
- 20th-century Canadian botanists
- Canadian horticulturists
- British emigrants to Canada