Aaron Goldberg (botanist)

Aaron Goldberg
BornNovember 4, 1917[1]
Brooklyn, New York
DiedDecember 13, 2014(2014-12-13) (aged 97)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materGeorge Washington University
Known forGoldberg system, Spermatophytes[2]
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsUS Department of Agriculture, National Museum of Natural History
Author abbrev. (botany)Goldberg

Aaron Goldberg (November 4, 1917 – December 13, 2014)[3] was an American botanist and parasitologist.[4] He died in December 2014 at the Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland, at the age of 97.[4]

  1. ^ American Men & Women of Science Volume 3. Thomson/Gale. 2009. p. 187. ISBN 978-0787665265.
  2. ^ Harvard University: Index of Botanists
  3. ^ Aaron Goldberg
  4. ^ a b Dorr, L. J.; Phillips, A. J. (2015). "Aaron Goldberg (1917-2014): Parasitologist turned Plant Phylogenist" (PDF). The Plant Press. 18 (1): 8–9. Retrieved 21 January 2016.