About Olga Korhonen Lakela
Lived 1890 – 1980 (aged 89–90). Olga Korhonen Lakela was a Finnish and American botanist, botanical collector, professor and scientific collector.
Olga Korhoven Lakela (March 11, 1890 – May 17, 1980) was a Finnish-American botanist and educator who identified many species in the genera Heuchera and Tiarella.
She emigrated to the United States from Finland in 1906. Lakela received her doctorate in botany from the University of Minnesota in 1932.
After her retirement from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 1958, and was then the curator of the University of South Florida's herbarium from 1960
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Finnish-American botanist (1890-1980)
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Olga Korhonen Lakela was born in 1890.
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Olga Korhonen Lakela died in 1980.
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Olga Korhonen Lakela was a botanist, botanical collector, professor and scientific collector.
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Olga Korhonen Lakela was Finnish and American.
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