About William Dwight Billings
Lived 1910 – 1997 (aged 86). William Dwight Billings was an American ecologist, university teacher and botanist.
William Dwight Billings (December 29, 1910 – January 4, 1997) was an American ecologist. He was one of the foundational figures in the field of plant physiological ecology and made major contributions to desert and arctic/alpine ecology.
Billings served as president of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) from 1978 to 1979. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979. In 1962, ESA granted him the Mercer Award, for an outstanding research paper by a researcher under the age of 40; ESA also awarded the Eminent Ecologist Award in 1991.
Career chronology His advisees include Robin B. Foster.
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Who was William Dwight Billings?
American ecologist (1910–1997)
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William Dwight Billings was born on 29 December 1910 in Washington, D.C..
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William Dwight Billings died on 4 January 1997 in Durham.
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William Dwight Billings was an ecologist, university teacher and botanist.
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William Dwight Billings was American.
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