Background
Addicott, Fredrick Taylor was born on November 16, 1912 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of James Edwin and Ottilia Katherine Elizabeth (Klein) Addicott.
Addicott, Fredrick Taylor was born on November 16, 1912 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of James Edwin and Ottilia Katherine Elizabeth (Klein) Addicott.
Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Stanford University, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Physiology, California Institute of Technology, 1939.
Instructor to assistant professor, Santa Barbara (California) State College, 1939-1946; associate physiologist emergency rubber project, USDA, Salinas, California, 1942-1944; assistant professor to professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1946-1960; professor agronomy, University of California, Davis, 1961-1972; professor botany, University of California, Davis, 1972-1977; professor emeritus, University of California, Davis, since 1977. Visiting professor U. Adelaide, Australia, 1966, U. Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Republic South Africa, 1970.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Plant Physiologists (Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership award 1990), Australian Society Plant Physiologists, Botanical Society of America, International Plant Growth Substance Association, International Society Plant Morphologists, South African Association Botanists.
Married Alice Holmes Baldwin, August 11, 1935. Children: Donald James, Jean Alice, John Fredrick, David Baldwin.