Background
Pollard, Charles Louis was born on March 29, 1872 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Charles William and Sarah Ann (Lyman) Pollard.
Pollard, Charles Louis was born on March 29, 1872 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Charles William and Sarah Ann (Lyman) Pollard.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1893, Master of Arts, 1894. Unmarried.
Assistant curator division of botany, United States Department of Agriculture, 1894-1895, United States National Museum, 1895-1903. Consulting botanist G. & C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1903-1906. Curator in chief and patron, Public Museum of Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences, 1907-1913.
Editor Plant World, 1897-1913.
Founder and 1st president Washington Biologists Field Club. Honorary member Philadelphia Botanical Society Special national field commissioner Boy Scouts of America, 1917-1920.
Scout executive, 1920. Specialist in museum installation since 1926.
Librarian Martha Canfield Free Library, Arlington, Vermont, since 1937.
Member Philadelphia Botany.