Background
Fosberg, Francis Raymond was born on May 20, 1908 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Axel Peter and Helen Rosa (Wirtner) Fosberg.
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Fosberg, Francis Raymond was born on May 20, 1908 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Axel Peter and Helen Rosa (Wirtner) Fosberg.
Bachelor, Pomona (California) College, 1930. Doctor of Science, Pomona (California) College, 1980. Master of Science, University Hawaii, 1935.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1939.
Assistant botanist, United States Department Agriculture, 1939-1942, 45-56;
assistant botanist, United States Foreign Economics Administration, 1942-1945;
assistant botanist, United States Commercial Company, Micronesia, 1946-1947;
Guggenheim fellow, 1947-1948;
visiting professor, U. Hawaii, 1948;
professor lecturer botany, George Washington University, 1948-1949;
research associate, Catholic U. American, 1949-1950;
botanist, United States Geological Survey, Washington, 1951-1965;
special advisor tropical botany, curator botany, senior botanist, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1966-1978;
emeritus botanist, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, since 1978. Principal investigator in charge Ceylon Ecology Project and Ceylon Flora Project, since 1967. Specialist in tropical floras, vegetation, plant geolography and ecology, especially tropical oceanic islands.
Member, Chairman.UNESCO Humid Tropics Research Committee. Member Pacific Science Board, 1957-1961, National Research Council., since 1958. Member international advising committee humid tropical research visiting committee tropical Herbaria, 1956-1965, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, since 1960.
Honorary research associate Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Honorary affiliate professor botany U. Hawaii.
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Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Conservancy (past vice president), Toulouse Academy (correspondent Fermat medal 1960), Botanical Society Japan (correspondent), Ecological Society of America, Botanical Society of America, American Geography Society, Internt. Association Plant Taxonomists, International Society Tropical Ecology (vice president), New England Botanical Club, Southern Appalachian Botanical Club, California Botanical Society.
Married Violet Mildred Oliveira, June 26, 1935 (deceased 1975). Children: Helen Charlotte, Ilima Jane, Karol Evelyn, Hildegarde Frances.