Alvan Wentworth Chapman
American botanist and physician
Died when: 89 years 190 days (1074 months)Star Sign: Libra
Alvan Wentworth Chapman (September 28, 1809 – April 6, 1899) was an American physician and pioneering botanist in the study of flora of the American Southeast.
He wrote Flora of the Southern United States, the first comprehensive description of US plants in any region beyond the northeastern states.
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