Background
Camp, Wendell Holmes was born on February 22, 1904 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Review Peter Monroe and Martha Elnora (Flexer) Camp.
Camp, Wendell Holmes was born on February 22, 1904 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Review Peter Monroe and Martha Elnora (Flexer) Camp.
Bachelor of Science, Otterbein College, 1925, Honorary Doctor of Science, 1951. Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1926, Doctor of Philosophy, 1932.
Instructor botany Ohio State University, 1926-1936. Associate curator New York Botanical Garden, 1936-1949. Curator department experimental botany and horticulture Academy Natural Science Philadelphia, 1949-1954.
Lecturer botany University of Pennsylvania, 1950-1954.
Director Taylor Memorial Arboretum, Garden City, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1951-1954. Professor botany, head department University of Connecticut, since 1954.
Chairman editorial board International Rules Botanical Nomenclature, 1947. Member of the editorial board International Horticulture Congress, International Code Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, public London, 1953.
Production research latex, fiber producing plants, Caribbean, also C. A., 1942-1943, exploration quinine yielding Chinchona, Ecuador, 1944-1945.
Fellow The Botanical Society of British Isles. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Plant Taxonomists (president 1949, editor Taxonomic Index 1938-1958), Botanical Society American, International Association Plant Taxonomists, Society Study Evolution, American Horticultural Council (president 1949-1952, chairman commission nomenclature and registration 1952-1954).