Background
Evans, Walter Harrison was born on January 3, 1863 in Delphi, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph and Catharine (Bricker) Evans.
Evans, Walter Harrison was born on January 3, 1863 in Delphi, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph and Catharine (Bricker) Evans.
Bachelor of Arts, Wabash College, 1887, Master of Arts, 1889, Doctor of Philosophy, 1896.
B. Instructor botany, Wabash College, 1888-1890. Botanist Eli Lilly Company, Indianapolis, 1890-1891. Special agent Department Agriculture, 1891-1892.
Chief Division Insular Stations, Department Agriculture, 1902-1933.
Acting chief, Office of Experiment Stations, 1929-1932. Associate and botanical editor Experiment Station Record, 1892-1933.
Made agricultural reconnaissance of Alaska, 1897-1898. Representative unites states department of Agriculture to congresses of Horticulture, Forestry and Experiment Stations, Paris, 1900.
Gold medal, Paris Exposition, 1900.
Grand prize, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Biological and Botanical societies, Washington, American Phytopathol. Society Wrote chapters on Economic Botany in New International Encyclopedia, 1902-1903 and 1914-1915, International Yearbook, 1902-1924, American Yearbook, 1910-1919.
Married Bessie Binford, October 22, 1890.