George Elwood Nichols | |
|---|---|
 George E. Nichols | |
| Born | April 12, 1882 |
| Died | June 20, 1939 (aged 57) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Yale University |
| Thesis | Morphological Study of Juniperus communis var. depressa (1909) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alexander William Evans |
| Doctoral students | Frank Egler |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Nichols |
George Elwood Nichols (1882–1939) was a botanist, bryologist, algologist and ecologist, one of the founders of the Ecological Society of America.[1][2] The standard author abbreviation Nichols is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]
- ^ Polunin, Nicholas Vladimir (1942). "G. E. Nichols: An Appreciation". Journal of Ecology. 30 (1): 202–205. doi:10.2307/2256692. ISSN 0022-0477. JSTOR 2256692.
- ^ Steere, William Campbell (December 1939). "George Elwood Nichols, 1882-1939". The Bryologist. 42 (6): 137–142. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(1939)42[137:gen]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 3239777.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Nichols.