Aaron Goldberg (botanist)
Aaron Goldberg (November 4, 1917 – December 13, 2014)[3] was an American botanist and parasitologist.[4] He died in December 2014 at the Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland, at the age of 97.[4]
Aaron Goldberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 4, 1917[1] |
| Died | December 13, 2014 (aged 97) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | George Washington University |
| Known for | Goldberg system, Spermatophytes[2] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | US Department of Agriculture, National Museum of Natural History |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Goldberg |
Career edit
Ph.D. (1962) George Washington University He received his B.A. in 1939 from Brooklyn College, an M.S. in 1954 from De Paul University, and a Ph.D. from George Washington University in 1962. He worked for the US Department of Agriculture as a parasitologist till 1972. Since then he has been a Research Associate in Botany with the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution) in Washington, D.C.[5][6] Member of the Botanical Society of America.[7]
Achievements edit
He is best known for the Goldberg system, a treatise on the classification, evolution, and phylogeny of the Monocotyledon and Dicotyledons.
Work edit
- Aaron Goldberg (1967). "The genus Melochia L. (Sterculiaceae)". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, Vol. 34, pt. 5.
- Aaron Goldberg (1986). "Classification, Evolution and Phylogeny of the Families of Dicotyledons" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. 58: 1–314.[permanent dead link]
- Aaron Goldberg (1989). "Classification, Evolution and Phylogeny of the Families of Monocotyledons" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. 71: 1–73.[permanent dead link]
- Aaron Goldberg (2003). "Character Variation in Angiosperm Families" (PDF). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 47: 1–185.
- Aaron Goldberg and Harry A. Alden (2005). Taxonomy of Haptanthus Goldberg & C. Nelson, Systematic Botany, 30(4): pp. 773–778
- Aaron Goldberg. "Genus Melochia (Sterculiaceae)", Flora North America in press
References edit
- ^ American Men & Women of Science Volume 3. Thomson/Gale. 2009. p. 187. ISBN 978-0787665265.
- ^ Harvard University: Index of Botanists
- ^ Aaron Goldberg
- ^ a b Dorr, L. J.; Phillips, A. J. (2015). "Aaron Goldberg (1917-2014): Parasitologist turned Plant Phylogenist" (PDF). The Plant Press. 18 (1): 8–9. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Aaron Goldberg". Department of Botany. Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ National Museum of Natural History: Aaron Goldberg 2014-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Goldberg.