Background
Lindsay, George Edmund was born on August 17, 1916 in Pomona, California, United States. Son of Charles Wesley and Alice (Foster) Lindsay.
Lindsay, George Edmund was born on August 17, 1916 in Pomona, California, United States. Son of Charles Wesley and Alice (Foster) Lindsay.
Student, San Diego State College, 1936-1939; Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1956.
Director, Desert Botanical Gardes, Phoenix, 1939-1940; Director, San Diego Natural History Museum, 1956-1963; Director, California Academy Sciences, San Francisco, 1963-1982; director emeritus, California Academy Sciences, San Francisco, since 1982.
Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Fellow San Diego Society Natural History, Zoological Society San Diego, California Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Cactus and Succulent Society.
Married Geraldine Kendrick Morris, 1972.