Education
Born in Sweden, he studied biology at the Gävleborgs län Folkhögskola in Bollnäson
Born in Sweden, he studied biology at the Gävleborgs län Folkhögskola in Bollnäson
He emigrated to the United States in 1897. Wester worked in several agricultural offices from 1897 to 1903. He was a special agent in the United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry in Miami and Washington from 1904 to 1910.
He spent most of the remainder of his career in the Philippines, working with the Philippine Bureau of Agriculture from 1911 until his death in 1931.
Wester"s field of interest were spermatophytes, particularly citruses.