Elbert Luther Little

Elbert Luther Little
Born
Elbert Luther Little Jr.

(1907-10-15)October 15, 1907
Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedJune 18, 2004(2004-06-18) (aged 96)
OccupationBotanist
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Elbert Luther Little, Jr. (October 15, 1907, in Fort Smith, Arkansas;[1] – June 18, 2004) was an American botanist whose career spanned 70 years and largely concerned forest botany. Although he was born in Arkansas, and died in Oregon, he grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma, from the age of two and spent much of his life in Arlington, Virginia. Little served as chief dendrologist for the United States Forest Service from 1967 to 1975[2] and was the author of the National Audubon Society's Field Guide to Trees (1980).https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80057318.html In life he was honored by the Oklahoma Forestry Association and the Oklahoma Academy of Science.[3]

The standard author abbreviation Little is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
  1. ^ [1] Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Oklahoma Academy of Science AWARD OF MERIT 1992 page for Elbert L. Little, Jr.
  2. ^ "Oklahoma Academy of Science". ojs.library.okstate.edu. 1992. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  3. ^ "Oklahoma Forestry Services". Forestry.ok.gov. 1907-10-15. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Little.