David Grandison Fairchild

American botanist, mycologist and explorer (1869-1954)

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Lived: 1869–1954
Born: Lansing
Died: Coconut Grove
Nationality: United States
Known as: writer, botanical collector, botanist, mycologist
Era: 20th century

Works (3)

Never to have seen anything but the is to have lived on the fringe of the world.

To one has seen the vast storehouses of utterly unknown material in the great jungle world below the , botanizing anywhere in the though fascinating is rather lacking in excitement ...

World

might be called the botanical Mecca of the English-speaking world.

World

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