Dan Henry Nicolson | |
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Born |
Kansas City, Missouri |
September 5, 1933
Died | June 2, 2016 Mitchellville, Maryland |
(aged 82)
Nationality | American |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | Smithsonian Institution |
Alma mater | Stanford Business School, Cornell University |
Thesis | A taxonomic revision of the genus Aglaonema (Araceae) (1964) |
Dan Henry Nicolson (1933–2016) was a botanist known particularly for his work on the Araceae, and for his contributions to botanical nomenclature. He is honoured by the International Association for Plant Taxonomy with the Dan Nicolson Fund, set up to provide a research grant each year.