Oliver Atkins Farwell

Oliver Atkins Farwell (13 December 1867, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts – 18 September 1944, Lake Linden, Michigan) was a herbarium curator, botanist, and drug inspector.[1]

As a boy he moved with his family to Michigan, where he was educated at public schools and the Michigan State Normal School. He taught in 1889 and 1890 at Michigan state secondary schools and from 1890 to 1892 at Michigan State Normal School. In 1892 Farwell became a herbarium curator and drug inspector for Parke, Davis and Company[1] and retired there in 1933.[2] Rogers McVaugh, Stanley A. Cain, and Dale J. Hagenah (1908–1971) wrote a 101-page account of Farwell's life and work.[3]

The standard author abbreviation Farw. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
  1. ^ a b Leonard, John William, ed. (1908). "Farwell, Oliver Atkins". Men of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries. New York City: L. R. Hamersly & Co. p. 813.
  2. ^ "Dr. Oliver Atkins Farwell". Science. 100 (2600): 379–80. 27 October 1944. doi:10.1126/science.100.2600.379-a. PMID 17740315.
  3. ^ Edens, Janice L. (15 June 2009). "Cain Stanley Adair". In George A. Cevasco; Richard P. Harmond (eds.). Modern American Environmentalists: A Biographical Encyclopedia. JHU Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-8018-9524-1.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Farw.