Percy Wilson (botanist)

Photo from March 1944 issue of Journal of The New York Botanical Garden

Percy Wilson was born in 1879 and died in 1944.[1]

Wilson joined the New York Botanical Gardens as a museum aide. Wilson then became the assistant to Nathaniel Lord Britton, the NYBG Director-in-Chief. In 1914 Wilson became an Associate Curator.[2]

In 1917 Wilson authored The Vegetation of Vieques Island.[3]

The standard author abbreviation P.Wilson is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Wilson, Percy (1879-1944) on JSTOR". doi:10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000009336.
  2. ↑ "Percy Wilson Records (RG4)". www.nybg.org. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  3. ↑ The Vegetation of Vieques Island. New York Botanical Garden. 1917-01-01.
  4. ↑ IPNI.  P.Wilson.


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