Burton Edward Livingston

Burton Edward Livingston
Born 1875
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Died 1948
Fields Plant physiology
Institutions University of Chicago
Johns Hopkins University
Alma mater University of Chicago
University of Michigan
Thesis  (1902)
Doctoral students Bob Marshall

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. He also served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as the Society for Science and the Public, from 1930-1937.