Frank Ellis Boynton Explained

Frank Ellis Boynton
Birth Date:10 July 1859
Birth Place:Hyde Park, Vermont
Death Place:Old Fort, North Carolina
Nationality:American
Field:Botany
Work Institution:Biltmore Estate
Author Abbreviation Bot:F.E.Boynton

Frank Ellis Boynton (July 10, 1859 – December 10, 1942) was a self-taught American botanist active in the Southeastern United States. He worked at Biltmore Estate with his brother, Charles Lawrence Boynton, and Chauncey Beadle. Boynton's dewberry, Rubus boyntonii was named in honor of Frank Ellis Boynton.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. W. W. Ashe in Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 19:9. 1903