United States botanist and lichenologist (1913–2009)
John Walter Thomson
Born
July 9, 1913
Cockenzie, Scotland
Died
February 20, 2009 (2009-02-21) (aged 95)
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
Alma mater
Columbia University University of Wisconsin
Scientific career
Fields
Botany
Institutions
University of Wisconsin
Thesis
Relic Prairie Areas in Central Wisconsin[1]
Doctoral advisor
Norman C. Fassett
Doctoral students
Bill Culberson[2] Mason Hale
Author abbrev. (botany)
J.W.Thomson
John Walter Thomson Jr. (1913–2009) was a Scottish-born American botanist and lichenologist, sometimes referred to as the "Dean of North American Lichens".[3]
^Thomson, John W. (1940). "Relic Prairie Areas in Central Wisconsin". Ecological Monographs. 10 (4): 685–717. doi:10.2307/1943556. ISSN 0012-9615. JSTOR 1943556. (abridgment of Thomson's 1939 Ph.D. thesis, 123 pages)
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^Bennett, John (March 10, 2009). "Lichenologist John Walter Thomson (1913–2009)". Botanical Electronic News (405).
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