About Percy Wilson
Lived 1879 – 1944 (aged 64–65). Percy Wilson was an American curator and botanist.
Percy Wilson (1879–1944) was an American botanist.
He joined the New York Botanical Gardens (NYBG) as a museum aide. He traveled to Singapore and the Dutch East Indies in 1910, collecting various specimens – the first official NYBG-sponsored trip to the Asia-Pacific region. Wilson then became the assistant to Nathaniel Lord Britton, the NYBG Director-in-Chief. In 1914 Wilson became an Associate Curator.
In 1917, Wilson authored The Vegetation of Vieques Island.
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Who was Percy Wilson?
American botanist (1879-1944)
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Percy Wilson was born in 1879.
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Percy Wilson died in 1944.
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Percy Wilson was a curator and botanist.
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