Background
Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln was born on November 8, 1864 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of James Harvey and Latricia Maria (Drake) Robinson.
Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln was born on November 8, 1864 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of James Harvey and Latricia Maria (Drake) Robinson.
He studied plant anatomy with H. Solms-Laubach and completed his Doctor.phil.
At University of Strasbourg in 1889. They returned to the United States in the fall of 1890. Most of his career was Gray Herbarium curator and he died at his summer home in Jaffrey, New Hampshire on July 27, 1935.
In 1891, Robinson became an assistant to Sereno Watson, the curator of Gray Herbarium at Harvard University.
Upon Watson"s death in 1892, Robinson was appointed to the curator position. In 1899, Robinson became first Asa Gray Professor of Systematic Botany.
He was the editor of the New England Botanical Club"s journal Rhodora from 1899-1928. While at the Gray Herbarium, he began a long association with fellow botanist Jesse More Greenman.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member numerous societies.
Married Margaret Louise Casson, June 29, 1887.