| Name | Bock, Thor Methven |
| Date of birth | 1907 |
| Date of death | 1973 |
| Remarks | [THOR METHVEN BOCK Thor Methven Bock is remembered as the co-author of Cactaceae … Bock contributed the 30 plates of drawings that covered 146 genera … he was named a CSSA Fellow sometime prior to 1945 and died in April 1973 … He was born in Illinois on January 20, 1907, the son of Richard W. Bock, an immigrant from Germany, and Martha Methven, an Ohio native. In the 20 years prior to his death on April 25, 1973, at age 66, he had been a technical artist with North American-Rocketdyne in the aerospace industry. He was a resident of Northridge, California, at the time of his death. His spouse, Mabel, survived him. Larry W. Mitich (Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 65: 247. 1997) ]Example of Name Published: Trichocereus atacamensis (Phil.) W.T. Marshall & T.M. Bock, Cactac. 94 (1941) |
| ASA Botanist ID | 102875 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/8e5a76b5-cc8b-4b85-8a2c-215df6ce1051 |
| Variant name | Thor Methven Bock |
| Author name | T. M. Bock |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | T.M.Bock |
| Standard/Label Name | T. M. Bock |
| Full Name | Bock, Thor Methven |
| Geography Author | United States of America |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Citation as Author | Brief Biography in: Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 65: 247. 1997 (via John E. Williams) |
| Author in | Cactaceae (Marshall & Bock) |
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