Howard S. Irwin

Howard S. Irwin
PhD
Irwin circa 1971
Born(1928-03-28)March 28, 1928[1][2]
DiedJanuary 23, 2019(2019-01-23) (aged 90)[2]
Truro, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Spouse(s)Marian Campbell Sterne Irwin[3]
Anne Lieb Wolff Irwin[4]
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Thesis Monographic studies in Cassia. I. Section Xerocalyx. 1960
Author abbrev. (botany)H. S. Irwin[1]

Howard Samuel Irwin Jr. (March 28, 1928 – January 23, 2019) was an American botanist and taxonomist who specialized in the genus Cassia and worked as an administrator at the New York Botanical Garden, Long Island University, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Howard S. Irwin". Harvard Index of Botanists. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Howard S. Irwin, 1928–2019". Vertical Files of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden. 2019.
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  4. ^ "Dr. Howard Irwin Weds Anne Wolff". The New York Times. April 23, 1979.
  5. ^ Sinon, Stephen. "Howard S. Irwin Records (RG4) Irwin, Howard S." www.nybg.org. Retrieved September 25, 2018.