Merritt Lyndon Fernald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Merritt Lyndon Fernald

American botanist

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1873

Place of Birth: Orono, Maine, United States

Date of Death: 22-Sep-1950

Profession: university teacher, botanist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Merritt Lyndon Fernald (October 5, 1873 – September 22, 1950) was an American botanist.
He was a respected scholar of the taxonomy and phytogeography of the vascular plant flora of temperate eastern North America.
During his career, Fernald published more than 850 scientific papers and wrote and edited the seventh and eighth editions of Gray's Manual of Botany.
Fernald coauthored the book Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America in 1919-1920 with Alfred Kinsey, which was published in 1943.