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William G. Farlow

William Gilson Farlow
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William Gilson Farlow
Born December 17, 1844
Boston, Massachusetts
Died June 3, 1919(1919-06-03) (aged 74)
Nationality American
Fields Botany
Alma mater Harvard

William Gilson Farlow (December 17, 1844 – June 3, 1919) was an American botanist, born in Boston, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard (A.B., 1866; M.D., 1870), where, after several years of European study, he became adjunct professor of botany in 1874 and professor of cryptogamic botany in 1879.

Farlow corresponded with Caroline Bingham and Jacob Georg Agardh collaborating in the identification and classification of species of algae previously unknown to science.

In 1899 he was president of the American Society of Naturalists; in 1904 president of the National Academy of Sciences; in 1905 president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and in 1911 president of the Botanical Society of America.

He received honorary degrees from Harvard University, the University of Glasgow (LL.D in 1901), and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

He was known as the "father" of cryptogamic botany in the United States.

Among his publications are:


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