Julia Morton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julia Morton

Botanist, Author

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1912

Place of Birth: Middlebury, Vermont, United States

Date of Death: 10-Sep-1996

Profession: writer, university teacher, botanist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Julia Francis McHugh Morton (April 25, 1912 – September 10, 1996) was an American author and botanist.
She was research professor of biology, and director of the Morton Collectanea at the University of Miami.
She was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1974.
Well known as a lecturer on toxic, edible and otherwise useful plants, she wrote 10 books and 94 scientific papers, and contributed to an additional 12 books and 27 papers.