Charles Sprague Sargent

Charles Sprague Sargent
Charles Sprague Sargent
Born	April 24, 1841; Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	March 22, 1927 (aged 85); Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Harvard College (1862)
Relatives	Henry Winthrop Sargent (cousin); Andrew Robeson Jr. (father-in-law); Guy Lowell (son-in-law);
Awards	Veitch Memorial Medal
	Scientific career
Author abbrev. (botany)	Sarg.
Eponym	Sargentodoxa
1st Director of Arnold Arboretum
	In office; 1873–1927
Succeeded by	Oakes Ames

Charles Sprague Sargent (April 24, 1841 – March 22, 1927) was an American botanist. He was appointed in 1872 as the first director of Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and held the post until his death. He published several works of botany. The standard botanical author abbreviation Sarg. is applied to plants he identified.

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