Education
In zoology from the University of California, Los Angeles and his Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Biology from the University of California, Riverside.
In zoology from the University of California, Los Angeles and his Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Biology from the University of California, Riverside.
First published in 1987, the text is currently in its 10th edition (, published 10 November 2013 by Jane Reece), et al. The title is popular worldwide and is used by over 500,000 students in both high school and college-level classes. Campbell earned his Master of Arts He taught collegiate classes for over 30 years at Cornell University, Pomona College, University of California, Riverside, and San Bernardino Valley College.
Campbell was also a researcher who studied desert and coastal plants.
He conducted research on how certain plants would adjust in environments with different salinity, temperature, and pH. In addition, he conducted studies on the Mimosa plant and other legumes. Campbell died on 21 October 2004 of heart failure just after the manuscript for the seventh international edition of Biology was completed.
The Neil Allison Campbell Endowed Research Award was created at University of California Riverside to honor his memory.