Background
Mcclelland, Thomas Brown was born on February 7, 1886 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Son of Thomas Nesbit and Mary Marshall (Marrs) Mcclelland.
Mcclelland, Thomas Brown was born on February 7, 1886 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Son of Thomas Nesbit and Mary Marshall (Marrs) Mcclelland.
Educated Mission Colliers Private school and Kentucky U. (now Transylvania U.) Academy. Bachelor of Arts, Kentucky State College (now University of Kentucky), 1907.
Teacher, public schools, Puerto Rico, 1907-1908. Assistant horticulturist, Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station, Mayaguez, 1909-1918, horticulturist, 1918-1928, senior horticulturist, 1928-1930, principal horticulturist and director, 1930-1934. Senior horticulturist in charge United States Plant Introduction Garden, Coconut Grove, Florida, 1934-1943.
Specialist in tropical horticulture.
Member War Price and Rationing Board, 1944-1946. Patron Miami Opera Guild. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member Lamp and Cross, Fairchild Tropical Garden, American Orchid Society, Kappa Sigma.
Member Christian (Disciples) Church. Rotarian.; Club: Century (Coral Gables).
Married Florence Wilson Blodgett, October 6, 1920.