Francis John Richards

Francis John Richards
FRS
Born(1901-10-01)1 October 1901
Burton upon Trent, England
Died2 January 1965(1965-01-02) (aged 63)
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham (BS, MSc)
Known forFirst description of the generalised logistic function
Scientific career
FieldsPlant physiology
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Francis John Richards FRS (1 October 1901 – 2 January 1965) was an English plant physiologist who specialized in quantitative studies on the mineral nutrition requirements of crops. He first described the general form of the generalised logistic function in 1959.[1]

  1. ^ Richards, F. J. (1959). "A Flexible Growth Function for Empirical Use". Journal of Experimental Botany. 10 (29): 290–300. doi:10.1093/jxb/10.2.290. ISSN 0022-0957. JSTOR 23686557.