William Alfred Weber

William Alfred Weber
Born(1918-11-16)November 16, 1918
DiedMarch 18, 2020(2020-03-18) (aged 101)
Alma materIowa State (B.S. of Botany 1940, M.A. of Botany 1942)
Washington State (PhD. 1946)
Known forcollecting flowering plants, mosses, and lichens from every continent except Africa[1]
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Lichenology
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Doctoral studentsD. D. Awasthi
Author abbrev. (botany)W.A.Weber

William Alfred Weber (November 16, 1918 – March 18, 2020) was an American botanist and lichenologist. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado at Boulder and former curator of the University of Colorado Museum Herbarium (Index Herbariorum designation COLO).

  1. ^ Strain, Daniel (September 17, 2018). "Faculty in Focus: At 99, botanist's love of lichens still going strong". CU Boulder Today. University of Colorado Boulder.