Francis Harper (biologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francis Harper (biologist)

U.S naturalist (1886–1972)

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1886

Place of Birth: Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 17-Nov-1972

Profession: biologist, ornithologist, botanist, explorer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Francis Harper (17 November 1886 – 17 November 1972) was an American naturalist known for the study of the 18th-century American naturalists John and William Bartram.
His research included studies of the Okefenokee Swamp and fieldwork in the north eastern United States and in northern Canada, and authored new combinations for two species originally described by William Bartram, Garberia heterophylla and Roystonea elata.