George Perkins Clinton

George Perkins Clinton
Born7 May 1867
Polo, Illinois
DiedAugust 13, 1937(1937-08-13) (aged 70)
Alma materHarvard University
Occupations

George Perkins Clinton (7 May 1867 – 13 August 1937) was an American botanist, mycologist, and plant pathologist who for thirty-five years worked at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station at New Haven. An expert on smuts and rusts, he was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Clinton was born in Polo, Illinois, and earned a B.S. and M.S. at the University of Illinois, followed by an M.S. and Sc.D. at Harvard.[1]

Clinton edited the exsiccata series Economic fungi, Supplement C (1903-1905).[2]

The standard author abbreviation G.P.Clinton is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

  1. ^ East, E. M. (1938). "George Perkins Clinton (1867-1937)". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 72 (10): 354–358. JSTOR 20023320.
  2. ^ "Economic fungi, Supplement C: IndExs ExsiccataID=2258956". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. ^ International Plant Names Index.  G.P.Clinton.