Background
Whitten, John Charles was born on September 14, 1866 in Augusta, Maine, United States. Son of Albert and Viola Whitten.
Whitten, John Charles was born on September 14, 1866 in Augusta, Maine, United States. Son of Albert and Viola Whitten.
Bachelor of Science, South Dakot, Agricultural College, 1892, Master of Science, 1899. Studied Cornell Univercity, part of 1892. Missouri Botanical Garden, 1893-1894.
Doctor of Philisophy, University of Halle, 1902.
Instructor horticulture and horticulturist Experiment Station, Brookings, South Dakot, 1892. Assistant in horticulture, Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis, 1893-1894. Professor horticulture, University of Missouri, and horticulturist Missouri State Experiment Station, 1894-1918.
Professor pomology, University of California, since 1918.
Author repts. and bulletins, also several hundred papers in horticultural magazines Home: Berkeley, California.
Married Nora Todd, October 31, 1895.