Robert Emerson | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Manzanar_Relocation_Center,_Manzanar,_California._Doctor_Robert_Emerson,_bio-chemist_and_botanist_f_._._._-_NARA_-_538036.jpg) Robert Emerson (right) discusses an experiment with the nursery staff of the Manzanar Guayule Rubber Project (June 28, 1942). | |
| Born | November 4, 1903 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | February 4, 1959 (aged 55) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | University of Illinois California Institute of Technology |
Robert Emerson (November 4, 1903 – February 4, 1959) was an American scientist noted for his discovery that plants have two distinct photosynthetic reaction centres.[1][2][3]
- ^ Rabinowitch, Eugene (1961). Robert Emerson:A biographical Memoir (PDF). Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences. p. 22. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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