Background
Reynolds, Ernest Shaw was born on December 7, 1884 in Glendale, Montana, United States. Son of Henry Sheldon and Frances Adelia (Potter) Reynolds.
Reynolds, Ernest Shaw was born on December 7, 1884 in Glendale, Montana, United States. Son of Henry Sheldon and Frances Adelia (Potter) Reynolds.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Master of Arts, Brown University, 1907. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1909.
Instructor, assistant professor botany University of Tennessee, 1909-1912. Associate professor, professor botany, head department botany and plant physiology Agricultural College, North Dakota, 1912-1927. Plant physiologist Missouri Botanical Garden, 1927-1939, associate professor plant physiology Henry Shaw School Botany, Washington University, Saint Louis, 1927-1940.
Plant physiologist North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1920-1922.
Special agent Department Agriculture, summers.
Fellow Boyce Thompson Institute Plant Research, Yonkers, New York, 1926-1927. Liaison officer Keystone Ordnance Works, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1942-1944. Fellow Associate of Applied Science; member New England Botanical.
Club, American Society Limnology and Oceanography, Botanical Society American, Mycological Society American, Society Industrial Microbiology, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Alpha.
Married Ruth Evelyn Caverly, 1912. Children: Eleanor Frances, Ernest Shaw, Robert Caverly.