Background
Evans, Arthur Thompson was born on May 22, 1888 in Wellington, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert M. and Anna Caldwell (Johnstone) Evans.
Evans, Arthur Thompson was born on May 22, 1888 in Wellington, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert M. and Anna Caldwell (Johnstone) Evans.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Illinois, 1912. Studied University of Michigan, summers, 1913, 14. Master of Arts, University of Colorado, 1915.
Doctor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1918.
Graduate assistant in botany, University of Colorado, 1914-1915, instructor, 1915-1917. Fellow in botany, University of Chicago, 1917-1918. In charge cereal disease investigations, unites states department of Agriculture, in Great Plains Region, World War, 1918, corn investigations, 1919.
Dean of college and professor botany, Huron (South Dakot) Colonel, 1919-1920.
Associate professor agronomy, 1920-1923, head of department and professor botany and plant pathology, 1923-1928, South Dakot State College. Now professor botany, Miami University.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ohio Academy of Science. Member Botanical Society America, Phi Sigma (biological), Sigma Xi, Delta Pi. Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner).
Married Anna Mathilde Hansen, August 22, 1914. Children: Margaret Louise, Arthur T., Lewis Hansen, Dorothy Annual.