F. Raymond Fosberg
ID: SIA2013-03925
Creator: Sandved, Kjell Bloch 1922-
Form/Genre: Person, candid
Date: c. 1978
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier
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While on a field trip to Sri Lanka, Dr. F. Raymond Fosberg (1908-1993) is seated in a field of native plants as he reaches out with his right hand to a plant and holds a piece of a native plant in his left hand. Behind him is a sign in native language, with an English translation which reads "Territorial Civil Engineering Organisation, Central Region, Galagedara Division, Rattota."
Subject
- Fosberg, F. Raymond
- Ecology Program National Museum of Natural History
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Botany
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
- Dr. Fosberg was a botanist especially noted for his work on tropical and Pacific basin vegetation. He was also the founder and editor of Atoll Research Bulletin, a well-known and frequently consulted conservationist, and a several time organizer of major scientific conferences. He was associated at various times with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, United States Geological Survey, and Smithsonian Institution. In 1966 he joined the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in the Ecology program. In 1968 Fosberg transferred to the Department of Botany, where he became curator. In 1976 he became Senior Botanist, and in 1993 Botanist Emeritus. He published more than 600 papers on plant classification, plant distribution, ecology and conservation, and contributed to many scientific books.
- For other images of F. Raymond Fosberg, see Neg. SIA2013-03920 and SIA2013-03921 at Natural History and SIA2013-03922 through SIA2013-03929 and 92-1712 in Sri Lanka.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
c. 1978
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Plant specialists
- Scientific expeditions
- Environmental sciences
- Natural History
- Employees
- Ecology
- Plants
- Signs and signboards
- Botany
- Collectors and collecting
- Smithsonian Institution
- Personnel management
- School field trips
- Botanists
- Ecologists
- Field trips
- Natural history
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Place
Sri Lanka
Form/Genre
- Person, candid
- Slide
ID Number
SIA2013-03925
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 1"w x 1.37"h ; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Slide