Louis Otho Williams

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Louis Otho (Otto) Williams (1908-1991) was a botanist from Wyoming. He received his BA and MA from the University of Wyoming then a PhD from Washington University in St. Louis. He went on to be editor of the American Orchid Society Bulletin . While he was editor the bulletin increased publication frequency from quarterly to monthly and membership in the society grew from 200 to 3,000. [1] During World War II worked in Brazil on the rubber procurement project. For much of the 1950s he lived in Honduras and started the journal Ceiba there. [2] After returning to the US he worked for the Field Museum of Natural History starting in 1960 and from 1964 to 1973 served as departmental chair. [3] [4]

See also

The standard author abbreviation L.O.Williams is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [5]

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References

  1. Burger, William (May 1991). "Louis Otho Williams (1908-1991)". Taxon. 40 (2): 355–6. JSTOR   1223002.
  2. Natural History Museum bio
  3. Field Museum page
  4. Williams, Louis. "Central America and Peru". Field Museum of Natural History.
  5. International Plant Names Index.  L.O.Williams.