| Activity | Professor of Botany, Agricultural College, Lansing, Michigan, USA (now Michigan State University) 1871-1910, lectured on forestry and horticulture; curator of the museum 1882-1903. Founded MSU's W J Beal Botanical Garden.
Graduated University of Michigan (1859); BSc Lawrence scientific school (1865); Professor of Natural Sciences Chicago University (1868-70). Director of the State Forestry Commission 1889-1892. |