Barton Holland Warnock
Barton Holland Warnock | |
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| Born | July 1911 University of Texas Sul Ross State University |
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| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Sul Ross State University |
Barton Holland Warnock (1911–1998) was an American botanist and leading authority on flora of the
Chihuahua Desert.[1]
Biography
Born in
University of Texas in Austin
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In 1946 Warnock joined the faculty of Sul Ross State College and a year later was named biology department chair. He worked there for more than 50 years until retirement, during which he continued collecting various plant species in the region.[2] He wrote three books from 1970 to 1977 and was working on a fourth volume.
Warnock died from a heart attack at the age of 86 on June 9, 1998
Publications
- Barton H. Warnock (1970). Wildflowers of the Big Bend country, Texas. Sul Ross State Univ. p. 155.
- Barton H. Warnock (1974). Wildflowers of the Guadalupe Mountains and the Sand Dune Country, Texas. Sul Ross State Univ. p. 176.
- Barton H. Warnock (1977). Wildflowers of the Davis Mountains and the Marathon Basin. Sul Ross State Univ. p. 274.
References
- ^ "Barton H. Warnock, 1911-1998". Retrieved August 2, 2013.
- ^ E. Dan Klepper. "Dr. Barton Warnock". Texas Highways. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
- ^ "Noted Naturalist Barton Warnock Dies at 86". Aggie Horticulture. Summer 1998. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ^ "Barton H. Warnock, 1911-1998". Retrieved August 2, 2013.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Warnock.
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