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American economic botanist and plant collector
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W.A.Archer
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7 May 1973 (aged 88 years)
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William Andrew Archer (1894–1973) was an American economic botanist; ethnobotanist, taxonomist, plant explorer, and herbarium manager. Dr. Archer earned his BSc in Biology and his Ph.D. in Botany Micology from the University of Michigan in 1926. Most of his professional career was spent at United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), including his position as Curator of the National Arboretum Herbarium from 1938 to 1964. After his retirement from the USDA, Dr. Archer was appointed Research Associate in the Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). His career was marked by extensive collecting trips to Central and South America and to Africa.
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