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David Grandison Fairchild.
American botanist, mycologist and explorer (1869-1954)
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About David Grandison Fairchild
David Grandison Fairchild was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 200,000 exotic plants and varieties of established crops into the United States, including soybeans, pistachios, mangos, nectarines, dates, bamboos, and flowering cherries. Certain varieties of wheat, cotton, and rice became especially economically important.
Everything about David Grandison Fairchild →- Occupation
- botanist, writer, explorer, mycologist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 7, 1869
- Died
- August 6, 1954