Herbert John Webber

Herbert John Webber
BornDecember 27, 1865
Lawton, Michigan
DiedJanuary 18, 1946(1946-01-18) (aged 80)[3]
Riverside, California
Education
B.S University of Nebraska (1889)
SpouseLucene Anna Hardin
ChildrenEugene Frances (Webber) Morrison, Fera Ella (Webber) Shear, Herbert Earl Webber, and John Milton Webber
AwardsCalifornia Avocado Society Emblem of Honor (1938)[1]
Scientific career
Notable studentsLeon Dexter Batchelor, Harry H. Love [2]
Author abbrev. (botany)Webber

Herbert John Webber (December 27, 1865 – January 18, 1946) was an American plant physiologist, professor emeritus of sub-tropical horticulture, first director of the University of California Citrus Experiment Station, and the third[5] curator of the University of California Citrus Variety Collection.[6] Webber was the author of several publications on horticulture, member of numerous professional horticultural and agricultural associations. He coined the word "clone" in 1903 and was the first to use it to describe a colony of organisms derived asexually from a single progenitor.[7][8]

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  2. ^ Murphy & Kass 2007, p. 9.
  3. ^ "Dr. H.J. Webber Dies Today After Brief Illness". Riverside Daily Press. January 18, 1946.
  4. ^ E. R. Parker; E. T. Bartholomew; D. E. Bliss; L. D. Batchelor (2011). "Herbert John Webber, Tropical Agriculture: Berkeley and Riverside". University of California. pp. 1–5.
  5. ^ "Citrus Genetic Resources in California Analysis and Recommendations for Long-Term Conservation" (PDF). p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
  6. ^ Kahn, Tracy L.; Lovatt, Carol J.; Krueger, Robert R.; Holt, Jodie S. "Willard P. Bitters". University of California. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  7. ^ Maienschein, Jane (2009-06-30). Whose View of Life? Embryos, Cloning, and Stem Cells. Harvard University Press. p. 120. ISBN 9780674040434.
  8. ^ Friese, Carrie. Enacting Conservation and Biomedicine: Cloning Animals of Endangered Species. p. 58. ISBN 9780549132806.