About James Arthur Harris
Lived 1880 – 1930 (aged 49–50). James Arthur Harris was an American botanist, evolutionary biologist, university teacher and biologist.
James Arthur Harris (1880–1930) was a botanist and biometrician, known for the Harris–Benedict equation.
He was the head of the department of botany at the University of Minnesota from 1924 to 1930. (He was both preceded and succeeded by Carl Otto Rosendahl.)
In 1922, he was elected as a fellow of the American Statistical Association.
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Who was James Arthur Harris?
American botanist (1880-1930)
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James Arthur Harris was born in 1880.
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James Arthur Harris died in 1930.
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James Arthur Harris was a botanist, evolutionary biologist, university teacher and biologist.
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James Arthur Harris was American.
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