Name Burton Livingston Thesis 1902 | Fields Plant physiology Died 1948 | |
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Institutions University of Chicago
Johns Hopkins University Alma mater University of Chicago
University of Michigan Education University of Chicago, University of Michigan | ||
Doctoral students Robert Marshall | ||
Burton Edward Livingston (February 9, 1875 – February 8, 1948) was an American plant physiologist, born at Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was educated at the University of Michigan (B.S., 1898) and the University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1902), where he worked as an assistant from 1899 to 1905. He published Róle of Diffusion and Osmotic Pressure in Plants (1903). In 1913, Livingston became the professor of plant physiology at Johns Hopkins University. He also served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as the Society for Science and the Public, from 1930-1937.
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