Orland Emile White
Orland Emile White (1885–1972) was a plant geneticist who traveled to the Amazon basin on the Mulford Expedition.[3] He served as the first director of the University of Virginia's research field station, Blandy Experimental Farm, and his research plantings developed into what is now the State Arboretum of Virginia, now known as the Orland E. White Research Arboretum in Virginia.[4]
Orland Emile White | |
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| Alma mater | South Dakota State University Harvard University[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Studies of teratological phenomena in their relation to evolution and the problems of heredity (1913) |
| Doctoral students | Margaret Menzel[2] |
A collection of his papers (3300 items) is at the University of Virginia Library[5]
References
- "A Guide to the Papers of Orland E. White, 1903-1968 White, Orland E., Papers 12767-b". Ead.lib.virginia.edu. 1973-07-17. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- Hasenkampf, Clare (1986). "Obituary: Margaret Young Menzel 1924-1987". The ASB Bulletin. Raleigh, N.C., etc.: Association of Southeastern Biologists. 33: 168–169 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- "Collections from the Mulford Expedition". Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- "Blandy Experimental Farm History". blandy.virginia.edu. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- "A Guide to The Papers of Orland E. White, 1903–1968". University of Virginia Library. 2003. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
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