Background
Wellington, Richard was born on October 10, 1884 in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward and Mary (Worcester) Wellington.
Wellington, Richard was born on October 10, 1884 in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward and Mary (Worcester) Wellington.
Bachelor of Science Massachusetts Agriculture College, 1906. Master of Science, Harvard, 1911.
Assistant and associate horticulturist New York Agricultural Experiment Station, 1906-1913. Head of section of fruit and vegetable investigations, University of Minnesota, 1913-1919. Professor vegetable gardening, U. Maryland, 1919-1920.
Associate horticulturist and chief in research, New York Agricultural Experiment Station, from 1920, also head division of pomology from 1929.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society for Horticultural Science.
Married Minerva Collins, October 10, 1912. Children: Marylizabeth, John Clark.