Alvan Wentworth Chapman
Alvan Wentworth Chapman (September 28, 1809 – April 6, 1899) was an American physician and pioneering botanist in the study of flora of the American Southeast.: 50 He wrote Flora of the Southern United States, the first comprehensive description of U.S. plants in any region beyond the northeastern states.
Alvan Wentworth Chapman | |
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Alvan Wentworth Chapman, circa 1855 | |
| Born | September 28, 1809 Southampton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 6, 1899 (aged 89) |
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| Fields | Medicine Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Chapm. |
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