Abrams, LeRoy, 1874–1956
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1956
Biographical Note
California plant collector LeRoy Abrams (1874–1956) was an assistant professor (1906–1912), associate professor (1912–1920) and professor of botany (1920–1940) at Stanford University. He also served as director of its Natural History Museum (1934–1940). He authored An Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States (Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1923–1960, 4 vols.).
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
LeRoy Abrams (1874–1956) papers
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-120
Scope and Contents Note
This collection contains one folder of letters to Abrams from Willis Linn Jepson (1867–1946), professor of botany at University of California at Berkeley, and copies of Abrams’ letters (1920–1943) to Jepson. The correspondence relates mainly to Jepson’s work on Erigoneae, intended for the second volume of Abrams’ Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, and Jepson’s eventual inability to finish it in time for the volume’s publication in 1937. There is also a...
Dates:
1920–1954