Sidney Fay Blake

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Sidney Fay Blake
Born	1892 Stoughton, Massachusetts
Died	1959
Residence	USA
Citizenship	USA
Nationality	American
Fields	Botany
Institutions	United States Department of Agriculture
Alma mater	Harvard University
Author abbreviation (botany)	S.F.Blake

Sidney Fay Blake (1892–1959) was an American botanist.

Biography

Blake was born in 1892 in Stoughton, Massachusetts. In 1912, he received bachelor's degree from Harvard University, master's degree in 1913, and a PhD in botany in 1917. The same year he received his PhD, he started his botanical career at the Bureau of Plant Industry for the United States Department of Agriculture, and worked there till he died in 1959. Blake published only one work in 2 volumes, Flora of the World, the second volume of which was published after his death.^[1]

The standard author abbreviation S.F.Blake is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

↑ "Biography". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
↑ "Author Query for 'S.F.Blake'". International Plant Names Index.

Persondata
Name	Blake, S. F.
Alternative names
Short description	BOTANIST
Date of birth	1892
Place of birth	Stoughton, Massachusetts
Date of death	1959
Place of death

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