David E. Fairbrothers

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David E. Fairbrothers was an American botanist, Professor Emeritus and former chair of the Department of Biological Sciences of Rutgers University. [1] In 1989 the Botanical Society of America gave him the Merit Award, their highest honor. [2] The D. E. Fairbrothers Plant Resource Center at Rutgers is named in his honor. [3]

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