George Edmund Lindsay

George E. Lindsay
Born 17 August 1916
Pomona, California
Died July 16, 2002(2002-07-16) (aged 85)
Tiburon, California
Nationality American
Fields Botany, Natural History
Institutions San Diego Natural History Museum; California Academy of Sciences
Author abbrev. (botany) G.E.Linds.

George Edmund Lindsay (1916 2002) was an American botanist and museum director. From 1956 to 1963, he was director of the San Diego Natural History Museum and served as Director of the California Academy of Sciences from 1963 to 1982. At both institutions, Lindsay led research field trips and expeditions in the Baja California Peninsula and was active in trans-national conservation efforts to protect the Sonoran Islands in the Gulf of California.[1][2]

Biography

Lindsay was born in Pomona, California on August 17, 1916, to orchardists Alice H. Foster and Charles W. Lindsay. He attended Chaffey Junior College (in Ontario, California) and San Diego State College before finishing his undergraduate degree at Stanford University in 1950; he continued graduate studies at Stanford (studying with Ira L. Wiggins), completing his dissertation on the taxonomy and ecology of the cactus genus Ferocactus in 1955.[3]

Lindsay specialized in desert plants, with field work in Mexico and the western United States. In 1940, he was executive director of the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1956, Lindsay became director of the San Diego Natural History Museum, leading research expeditions throughout his tenure. He became director of the California Academy of Sciences in 1963.[4]

See the list of genera and species described by G.E.Linds.. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Author Details" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2015-10-16. 

Selected Publications

References

  1. O'Connor, Anahad (July 29, 2002). "George E. Lindsay, Science Academy Director, Dies at 85". New York Times.
  2. Pelosi, Nancy (October 3, 2002). "Tribute To Dr. George E. Lindsay". Capitol Words. 148 (128): e1735.
  3. Mitich, Larry W. (September 2002). "George E. Lindsay: Plantsman and Explorer" (PDF). Espina y Floras. 37 (9): 4.
  4. Engstrand, Iris; Bullard, Anne (1999). Inspired by Nature: The San Diego Natural History Museum After 125 Years. San Diego, Calif.: San Diego Natural History Museum. pp. 141–146. ISBN 0918969042.
  5. IPNI.  G.E.Linds.


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