Francis Marion Ownbey

Francis Marion Ownbey
Born1910
Kirksville, Missouri
Died1974
NationalityAmerican

Francis Marion Ownbey (29 September 1910 - 1974) was an American botanist.

Ownbey earned his Ph.D. at the Washington University in St. Louis, with Jesse M. Greenman. Ownbey began to teach at Washington State University in 1939, and became director of the herbarium.[1] During World War II, he was sent to Ecuador as part of the Cinchona Missions.[2]

Ownbey was especially interested in the genus Tragopogon.[3] He was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 1954 for his investigation into the genetics of the genus.[4]

He died in 1974, and the herbarium at WSU was named in his honor.[5] His brother, Gerald Bruce Ownbey [es], was also a published botanist.[3]

  1. ^ "Ownbey, Francis Marion (1910-1974) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. ^ Acosta Solís, Misael (1947). Cinchonas del Ecuador. OCLC 944485453. Archived from the original on 2017-10-26.
  3. ^ a b "Guide to the Francis Marion Ownbey Papers 1934-1974". ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Marion Ownbey". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Washington State University - Marion Ownbey Herbarium". 25 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2022.