Wooton, E. O. 1865-1945

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Wooton, E. O. 1865-1945
Other forms of name
Wooton, Elmer Ottis, 1865-1945
Date of birth
1865-09-19
Date of death
1945-11-20
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 42235425
Wikidata: Q1332980
Library of congress: no 96026514
Sources of Information
  • A new southwestern rose, 1896:t.p. (E.O. Wooton)
  • OCLC #3786500, 5/22/96(hdg.: Wooton, Elmer Ottis, 1865-1945; usage: E.O. Wooton)
  • OCLC #6215957, 5/22/96(hdg.: Wooton, Elmer Ottis; usage: Elmer Ottis Wooton)

Wikipedia description:

Elmer Ottis Wooton (19 September 1865 – 1945), was an American botanist, professor of chemistry and botany at New Mexico State College from 1890 to 1911, assistant curator at the National Herbarium in 1910, and employed by the US Department of Agriculture from 1911 to 1935. The species Astragalus wootonii and Cheilanthes wootonii were named after him. He edited and distributed an exsiccata with specimens collected by him under the title New Mexico plants. The standard author abbreviation Wooton is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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