William Alfred Weber | |
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| Born | November 16, 1918 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | March 18, 2020 (aged 101) |
| Alma mater | Iowa State (B.S. of Botany 1940, M.A. of Botany 1942) Washington State (PhD. 1946) |
| Known for | collecting flowering plants, mosses, and lichens from every continent except Africa[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany Lichenology |
| Institutions | University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Museum of Natural History |
| Doctoral students | D. 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).