| Birth date | November 8, 1864 |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Bloomington, Illinois |
| Death date | July 27, 1935 (aged 70) |
| Death place | Jaffrey, New Hampshire |
| Citizenship | American |
| Field | Botany |
| Work institutions | Gray Herbarium |
| Alma mater | Harvard University University of Strasbourg |
| Doctoral advisor | Hermann zu Solms-Laubach |
| Author abbrev bot | B.L.Rob. |
Benjamin Lincoln Robinson (November 8, 1864 – July 27, 1935) was an American botanist.
Biography
Robinson was born on November 8, 1864, in Bloomington, Illinois. In 1887, he received an A.B. from Harvard. He married Margaret Louise Casson on June 29, 1887, and couple traveled to Europe. He studied plant anatomy with H. Solms-Laubach and completed his Dr.phil. at University of Strasbourg in 1889. They returned to the United States in the fall of 1890. Most of his career was Gray Herbarium curator and he died at his summer home in Jaffrey, New Hampshire on July 27, 1935.[1]
Career
In 1891, Robinson became an assistant to Sereno Watson, the curator of Gray Herbarium at Harvard University. Upon Watson's death in 1892, Robinson was appointed to the curator position. In 1899, Robinson became the first Asa Gray Professor of Systematic Botany. He was the editor of the New England Botanical Club's journal Rhodora from 1899 to 1928.[1] While at the Gray Herbarium, he began a long association with fellow botanist Jesse More Greenman.[2]
Awards
- 1929—Centennial Gold medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society[3]
Family
Benjamin Lincoln Robinson was a brother of James Harvey Robinson (1868–1936), a historian, scholar, and educator.
References
- ^ Fernald, Merritt Lyndon (1873–1950) (1936). "Biographical Memoir of Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, 1864–1935". Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. 17; 13th Memoir: 305–330. Retrieved February 15, 2014. LCCN 39030911; LCCN 39031384; ISSN 0077-2933; OCLC 560113405.
- ^ "Greenman, Jesse More (1867-1951)". JSTOR. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ^ 1930 Yearbook of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 1930. p. 37