Fairchild, David, 1869-1954
Variant namesAmerican botanist and plant explorer, 1869-1954.
From the description of Notes on a sea grape leaf [realia]. 1946. (Morton Arboretum). WorldCat record id: 57592946
Author; b. David Grandison Fairchild.
From the description of Papers, [1942]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70951226
David Grandison Fairchild was an American botanist. He was born in Michigan in 1869. For most of his career he worked in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, managing the Department of Plant Introduction. He was a frequent visitor to Florida, and in 1898 he established a garden for introducing tropical plants in Miami. In 1926, he built a family home in Miami and filled the property with a large collection of rare tropical plants. The home is now the site of the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Fairchild died in 1954.
From the guide to the David Fairchild's Typescript, "Southern Trip", 1917, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida)
Botanist.
From the description of Southern trip : January to April, 1917, 1917-1921. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 50650502
David Grandison Fairchild (1876-1954) was a botanist concerned with the search for valuable seeds and plants for introduction into the United States. He was appointed Pathologist at the United States Department of Agriculture in 1892. He eventually became head of the Section of Seed and Plant Introduction.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_258_pid_EACP255
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Person
Birth 1869-04-07
Death 1954-08-06
Americans
English
