Aaron Goldberg (botanist)
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BornNovember 4, 1917[1]
DiedDecember 13, 2014 (aged 97)
AlmamaterGeorge Washington University
KnownforGoldberg system, Spermatophytes[2]
Aaron Goldberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 4, 1917[1] |
| Died | December 13, 2014 (aged 97) |
| Alma mater | George Washington University |
| Known for | Goldberg system, Spermatophytes[2] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | US Department of Agriculture, National Museum of Natural History |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Goldberg |
Aaron Goldberg (November 4, 1917 – December 13, 2014)[3] was an American botanist and parasitologist.[4] He died in December 2014 at the Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland, at the age of 97.[4]
Ph.D. (1962) George Washington University He received his B.A. in 1939 from Brooklyn College, an M.S. in 1954 from De Paul University, and a Ph.D. from George Washington University in 1962. He worked for the US Department of Agriculture as a parasitologist till 1972. Since then he has been a Research Associate in Botany with the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution) in Washington, D.C.[5][6] Member of the Botanical Society of America.[7]
