Background
Coker, William Chambers was born on October 24, 1872 in Hartsville, South Carolina, United States. Son of James Lide and Susan Armstrong (Stout) Coker.
Coker, William Chambers was born on October 24, 1872 in Hartsville, South Carolina, United States. Son of James Lide and Susan Armstrong (Stout) Coker.
Bachelor of Science, South Carolina. College, Columbia, South Carolina., 1894. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1901.
Studied at Bonn, Germany, 1901-1902.
Doctor of Laws, University of South Carolina., 1925. Doctor of Science, University of North Carolina, 1947.
He established the Coker Arboretum in 1903. He was made professor in 1907 and Kenan professor of botany in 1920. In 1903, he was chief of the botanic staff of the Bahama Expedition of the Geographical Society of Baltimore.
Besides these he contributed numerous articles on morphology and botany to scientific journals.
He died on June 26, 1953 and was buried on June 29, 1953. Lactarius subtorminosus Coker (1918)
Multifurca furcata (Coker) Buyck & V. Hofstetter (2008) – as Lactarius furcatus
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Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Botanical Society American (chairman Southeastern section), American Society Naturalists, American Mycological Society, Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, North Carolina Academy Sciences, American Forestry Association, North Carolina Forestry Association, Chi Psi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Louise Venable, October 28, 1934.
