Clair Alan Brown | |
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| Born | (1903-08-16)August 16, 1903 |
| Died | March 24, 1982(1982-03-24) (aged 78) |
| Education | New York State College of Forestry,University of Michigan |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1952) NSF Fellowship (1961) |
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| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Louisiana State University |
Clair Alan Brown (August 16, 1903 – March 24, 1982) was an Americanbotanist who specialized in Louisiana flora.[1] He was aLouisiana State University faculty member from 1926 until his retirement in 1970.[2]
Brown was born inPort Allegany, Pennsylvania, to Charles Melvin and Jennie Burroughs Brown, one of four sons.[3][4][5] He earned his bachelor's degreecum laude fromNew York State College of Forestry in 1925 and his Master's in botany from theUniversity of Michigan in 1926.[6][2] He began working atLouisiana State University (LSU) the following year before returning to the University of Michigan for his doctorate, which he completed in 1934.[4][2][6] His dissertation was titledMorphology and biology of some species of Odontia.[7] He took up his position at LSU again and taught botany,systematic botany, wood identification,dendrology,forest pathology,ecology, andpalynology until his retirement in 1970.[2][4]
He held a number of leadership roles in international organizations throughout his career, including as president of the Southern Weed Control Conference in 1948;[8] as a delegate to theInternational Botanical Congress in 1950;[6] and as president of theAmerican Fern Society in 1960.[9] He was also appointed to theInternational Committee on Palynology[6] and was president of honor at the 78thSociété botanique de France.[citation needed] Among his awards were aGuggenheim Fellowship in 1952,[6] aNational Science Foundation fellowship in 1961,[10] and anEdmund Niles Huyck Fellowship.[6] In 1973, he received aLouisiana Literary Award for his illustrated anthologyWildflowers of Louisiana and Adjoining States.[4]
Brown married Maude Nichols on September 4, 1926[citation needed] and they had two daughters, Sarah and Dorcas.[11][12] Maude and nineteen-year-old Sarah died in a car accident in April 1962.[13][12]
Brown died on March 24, 1982, in Baton Rouge.[5]
The standardauthor abbreviationC.A.Br. is used to indicate this person as the author whenciting abotanical name.[14]
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