Background
Kearney, Thomas Henry was born on June 27, 1874 in Cincinnati. Son of Thomas H. and Lavinia A. (Miner) Kearney.
Kearney, Thomas Henry was born on June 27, 1874 in Cincinnati. Son of Thomas H. and Lavinia A. (Miner) Kearney.
Student of University Tennessee
Assistant botanist Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, 1892-1893. Assistant curator herbarium, Columbia, 1893-1894. Assistant agrostologist, 1894-1897, assistant botanist, 1898-1900, assistant physiologist Bureau Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, 1900-1902, physiologist, 1902. senior physiologist, 1924-1929, principal physiologist, 1929-1944 (retired June 30, 1944).
Principal work, study of the flora of Arizona.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science California Academy Science. Member Botanical Society America, Washington Academy Sciences, Botanical and Biological societies, Washington, California Pot. Society (president 1949).
Club: Cosmos.