William Alfred Weber | |
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Born |
New York City,
New York, U.S. | November 16, 1918
Died | March 18, 2020 | (aged 101)
Alma mater | Iowa State (B.S. of Botany 1940, M.A. of Botany 1942) Washington State (PhD. 1946) |
Known for | collecting flowering plants, mosses, and lichens from every continent except Africa [1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Botany Lichenology |
Institutions | University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Museum of Natural History |
Doctoral students | D. D. Awasthi |
Author abbrev. (botany) | W.A.Weber |
William Alfred Weber (November 16, 1918 – March 18, 2020) was an American botanist and lichenologist. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado at Boulder and former curator of the University of Colorado Museum Herbarium (Index Herbariorum designation COLO).
William Alfred Weber was born on November 16, 1918, and grew up in New York City. [2]
He earned his master's in 1942 and PhD in 1945, both at Washington State University and began teaching at Colorado in 1946. [3] [4] [5] In 2018 he was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS). [6] He died on March 18, 2020, in Longmont, Colorado. [7]
The New Guinean lichen species Peltigera weberi Sérus., Goffinet, Miądl. & Vitik. was named in his honour in 2009. [11]
William Alfred Weber | |
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Born |
New York City,
New York, U.S. | November 16, 1918
Died | March 18, 2020 | (aged 101)
Alma mater | Iowa State (B.S. of Botany 1940, M.A. of Botany 1942) Washington State (PhD. 1946) |
Known for | collecting flowering plants, mosses, and lichens from every continent except Africa [1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Botany Lichenology |
Institutions | University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Museum of Natural History |
Doctoral students | D. D. Awasthi |
Author abbrev. (botany) | W.A.Weber |
William Alfred Weber (November 16, 1918 – March 18, 2020) was an American botanist and lichenologist. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado at Boulder and former curator of the University of Colorado Museum Herbarium (Index Herbariorum designation COLO).
William Alfred Weber was born on November 16, 1918, and grew up in New York City. [2]
He earned his master's in 1942 and PhD in 1945, both at Washington State University and began teaching at Colorado in 1946. [3] [4] [5] In 2018 he was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS). [6] He died on March 18, 2020, in Longmont, Colorado. [7]
The New Guinean lichen species Peltigera weberi Sérus., Goffinet, Miądl. & Vitik. was named in his honour in 2009. [11]