Background
Olive, Edgar William was born on April 1, 1870 in Lebanon, Indiana, United States. Son of David Henry and Caroline Elizabeth (Lawrence) Olive.
Olive, Edgar William was born on April 1, 1870 in Lebanon, Indiana, United States. Son of David Henry and Caroline Elizabeth (Lawrence) Olive.
Bachelor of Science, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 1893, Master of Science, 1895. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1897, Doctor of Philosophy, 1902. University of Bonn, Germany, 1903.
Assistant in botany, Harvard, 1897-1898. Instructor botany, Harvard and Radcliffe colleges, 1898-1903. Research assistant of the Carnegie Institution of Washington at Bonn, 1903-1904, University of Wisconsin, 1904-1906.
Lecturer in botany, University of Wisconsin, 1905-1907.
Professor botany, State College of Agriculture and Mechanics Arts, Brookings, South Dakot, and state botanist, 1907-1912.
Curator, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1912-1920.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Botanical Society America. Member Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, American Phytopathol.
Married Elizabeth Williams Ristine, of Crawfordsville, September 6, 1898. Children: Theodore Ristine, Marian Lawrence.