Ernest Jesse Palmer

Ernest Jesse Palmer (born April 8, 1875; died February 25, 1962 ) was a “collector-botanist” botanical taxonomist and plant collector. He began collecting in 1901, then collected professionally for the Missouri Botanical Garden starting in 1913 and for Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum from 1921, until 1948. He specialized in the genera Crataegus and Quercus. to Anna Windle Palmer and Amos Palmer. The family moved to west central Missouri when he was just three years old, then again in 1891 to Webb City, Missouri. After his death his wife published a book of his poems: Gathered Leaves, Green Gold and Sere.