Burton Edward Livingston

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Burton Edward Livingston
Born	1875 Grand Rapids, Michigan
Died	1948
Fields	Plant Physiology
Institutions	University of Chicago Johns Hopkins University

Burton Edward Livingston (1875 – 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.