Lewis Ralph Jones

Lewis Ralph Jones (December 5, 1864 – April 1, 1945) was an American botanist and agricultural biologist.^[1]

Lewis Ralph Jones
Born	December 5, 1864 Brandon, Wisconsin, US
Died	April 1, 1945 Orlando, Florida, US
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Known for	Plant pathology research
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Author abbrev. (botany)	L.R.Jones

Jones was born in Brandon, Wisconsin. He was a professor of plant pathology from 1904 to 1935 at the University of Wisconsin.^[2] Jones was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1920 and the American Philosophical Society in 1925.^[3][4] He died in Orlando, Florida.^[2]

Family

Jones' second wife was Anna May Clark, a fellow botanist.^[5][6]

The standard author abbreviation L.R.Jones is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[7]