Went, F. W. (Frits Warmolt), 1903-
Variant namesWent (1903-1992) was a professor at CalTech, 1933-1958; director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1958-1963; and director of the Desert Research Institute at Reno, Nevada, 1965-; discovered the plant hormone auxin.
From the description of Frits Warmolt Went papers, 1936-1990. (Missouri Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 61772668
Archival Resources
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| creatorOf | Woodson, Robert Everard, 1904-1963. Herbarium Curator (Robert Woodson) records, 1945-1967. | Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H Raven Library | |
| creatorOf | Went, F. W. (Frits Warmolt), 1903-. Frits Warmolt Went papers, 1936-1990. | Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H Raven Library | |
| creatorOf | Goodspeed, T. H. (Thomas Harper), 1887-1966. Correspondence relating to research on tobacco, 1926-1950. | UC Berkeley Libraries |
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| associatedWith | California Institute of Technology. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Goodspeed, T. H. (Thomas Harper), 1887-1966. | person |
| associatedWith | Missouri Botanical Garden. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | University of Nevada. Desert Research Institute. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Woodson, Robert Everard, 1904-1963. | person |
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| Agavaceae |
| Auxin |
| Auxin |
| Botanical chemistry |
| Crops |
| Desert ecology |
| Greenhouse plants |
| Phytotron |
| Yucca |
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Birth 1903-05-18
Death 1990-05-01
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