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Index of Botanists

NameGoodwin, Richard Hale
Date of birth1910
Date of death2007
RemarksA co-founder of the The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in 1951 and served as its president twice (1956-58; 1964-1966). Harvard Univ.: B.S. (1933); M.A. (1934); Ph.D. (1937). Professor of Botany at Connecticut College during 1944-76. Research: physiology of root growth, the florescent compounds in plants and the effects of light on plant growth. [collector note: Nyassaland, New Mexico]
URLhttp://www.nature.org/aboutus/leadership/art21877.html
ASA Botanist ID146521 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/7a004527-e767-47a5-bcc6-578e1d59de3a
Variant nameGoodwin, R. H.
Standard/Label NameR. H. Goodwin
Full NameGoodwin, Richard Hale
Geography CollectorUganda,  United States of America
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors E-H
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by R. H. Goodwin
Collections in1932 (59),  1933 (2),  1934 (19),  1937 (8),  1939 (1),  1942 (1)
Collector Teams:E. Anderson, R. H. Goodwin, R. B. Mackintosh, C. Schweinfurth & R. H. Wetmore  E. Anderson, W. Fairlee, R. H. Goodwin, R. B. Mackintosh, C. Schweinfurth & R. H. Wetmore  Edgar Anderson; R. H. Goodwin; R. B. Mackintosh; Charles Schweinfurth & R. H. Wetmore  R. H. Goodwin & P. A. Vestal  A. R. Hodgdon; R. Goodwin & C. B. Casas  R. H. Goodwin, G. B. Rossbach, A. R. Hodgdon & W. B. Drew  R. H. Goodwin & S. K. Harris