Professor LeRoy Abrams | |
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Born | Sheffield, Iowa | October 1, 1874
Died | August 15, 1956 | (aged 81)
Occupation(s) | Professor, Herbarium Curator |
Employer | Stanford University |
LeRoy Abrams (1874–1956) was an American botanist and writer. [1] [2] He was a Professor of Botany at Stanford University. [2] He wrote and illustrated a four-volume Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, with the final volume published posthumously, after compilation and editing by Roxanna Ferris. [2]
He and his wife had a home overlooking the Santa Clara Valley. [2] Their only child, a daughter, predeceased him. [2]
The standard author abbreviation Abrams is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [3]