Robert Everard Woodson

Robert Everard Woodson Jr. (28 April 1904 – 6 November 1963) was an American botanist.^[1] He received a degree in biology in 1929 at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The standard author abbreviation Woodson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

Robert Everard Woodson
Born	(1904-04-28)April 28, 1904 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	November 6, 1963(1963-11-06) (aged 59) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Washington University in St. Louis
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	Washington University in St. Louis

He gave classes in botany at Washington University, and from 1945 to 1963 he was a regular professor.^[3] He was also curator of the Missouri Botanical Garden.^{[3][4][note 1]}

Notes

1. Contradictory dates are given for the time spans Robert Everard Woodson served as curator: Riley 1995 states it was from 1948 to 1955 and from 1958 to 1963; according to Stafleu & Cowan 1988 it was from 1955 to 1956 and from 1959 to 1963 plus a time during which he seems to have been an unofficial / de facto curator, from 1945 to 1955.