F. Raymond Fosberg
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Object Details
- Author
- Sandved, Kjell Bloch 1922-
- Subject
- Fosberg, F. Raymond
- Ecology Program National Museum of Natural History
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Botany
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Dr. Fosberg was a botanist especially noted for his work on tropical and Pacific basin vegetation. He was also the founder and editor of Atoll Research Bulletin, a well-known and frequently consulted conservationist, and a several time organizer of major scientific conferences. He was associated at various times with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, United States Geological Survey, and Smithsonian Institution. In 1966 he joined the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in the Ecology program. In 1968 Fosberg transferred to the Department of Botany, where he became curator. In 1976 he became Senior Botanist, and in 1993 Botanist Emeritus. He published more than 600 papers on plant classification, plant distribution, ecology and conservation, and contributed to many scientific books.
- For other images of F. Raymond Fosberg, see Neg. SIA2013-03920 and SIA2013-03921 at Natural History and SIA2013-03922 through SIA2013-03929 and 92-1712 in Sri Lanka.
- Summary
- While on a field trip to Sri Lanka, Dr. F. Raymond Fosberg (1908-1993) is seated in a field of native plants as he reaches out with his right hand to a plant and holds a piece of a native plant in his left hand. Behind him is a sign in native language, with an English translation which reads "Territorial Civil Engineering Organisation, Central Region, Galagedara Division, Rattota."
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1978
- Standard number
- SIA2013-03925
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Person, candid
- Slide
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 1"w x 1.37"h ; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Slide
- Place
- Sri Lanka
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Botanists
- Botany
- Collectors and collecting
- Ecologists
- Ecology
- Environmental sciences
- Field trips
- Natural history
- Plant specialists
- Plants
- Signs and signboards
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
- Scientific expeditions
- Record ID
- siris_sic_14368
- Metadata Usage (text)
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