Seibert, Russell H. (Russell Howard), 1908-2000

Variant names

Hide Profile

Russell J. Seibert was a horticulturist, botanist, and director of Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in botany from George Washington University in St. Louis. Water lilies were his original area of research interest, and Dr. Seibert had a long association with Shaw Gardens in St. Louis.

In the 1940s he joined the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and began research in plant genetics in Haiti, Peru, and Costa Rica. In 1950 he became head of the arboretum department at the Los Angeles Botanical Gardens. In 1955 he became director of Longwood Gardens, a position he held until his retirement in 1979.

From the description of Papers, 1927-1929. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122458708

Relation Name
associatedWith American Horticultural Council. corporateBody
associatedWith Baker Furniture Company (Holland Mich.) corporateBody
associatedWith Chamber of Commerce (Kalamazoo, Mich.) corporateBody
associatedWith Citizens' Task Force (Kalamazoo, Mich.) corporateBody
associatedWith Connable, Alfred. person
associatedWith Kalamazoo State Hospital (Mich.) corporateBody
associatedWith Longwood Gardens, Inc. Office of Director. corporateBody
associatedWith Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.) corporateBody
associatedWith Ministerial Alliance (Kalamazoo, Mich.) corporateBody
associatedWith Outlook Club (Kalamazoo, Mich.) corporateBody
associatedWith Peirce Arboretum. corporateBody
associatedWith Praus, Alexis A. person
associatedWith Sweet, Lucien. person
associatedWith Western Michigan University. Archives and Regional History Collections. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Michigan--Kalamazoo County
California
Kalamazoo County (Mich.)
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Peru
Latin America
Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject
Arboretums
Botanical gardens
Botany
Botany
Cemeteries
Universities and colleges
Plants, Cultivated
DDT (Insecticide)
Historic sites
Horticulture
Industry
Insecticide
Landscape gardening
Plant genetics
Occupation
Activity

Person

Birth 1908-07-03

Death 2000-02-06

Information

Permalink: http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p26zvs

Ark ID: w6p26zvs

SNAC ID: 13898790