Background
Mains, Edwin Butterworth was born on March 31, 1890 in Coldwater, Michigan, United States. Son of Benjamin William and Mary Ann (Butterworth) Mains.
Mains, Edwin Butterworth was born on March 31, 1890 in Coldwater, Michigan, United States. Son of Benjamin William and Mary Ann (Butterworth) Mains.
Student Michigan State College, 1909-1911. Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1913, Doctor of Philosophy, 1916.
Assistant botanist Agriculture Experiment Station, Purdue University, 1916-1917, associate botanist, 1917-1930. Associate professor, Purdue University, 1925-1930. Professor, botany, University of Michigan, since 1930, acting director of Herbarium, 1930-1931, director from 1931.
Agent cereal investigations United States Bureau Plant Industry, 1918-1930.
Member scientific expedition British Honduras, 1936. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Indiana Academy Science. Member Botanical Society America, American Bryol.
Society, American Phytopathological Society, American Mycological Society (president 1942), Torrey Botanical.
Married Mary Esther Elder, August 16, 1917.