Albert Francis Blakeslee

Albert Francis Blakeslee
Albert Francis Blakeslee and Sophia A. Satina
BornNovember 9, 1874
DiedNovember 16, 1954 (1954-11-17) (aged 80)
Education Wesleyan University, Harvard University (Ph.D.), University of Halle-Wittenberg
Known forUse of jimsonweed as a model organism
SpouseMargaret Dickson Bridges
Parents
  • Francis Durbin Blakeslee (father)
  • Augusta Miranda Hubbard Blakeslee (mother)
RelativesGeorge Hubbard Blakeslee (brother)
AwardsBowdoin Prize
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsCarnegie Institution, Smith College
Doctoral studentsKathleen Margaret Cole
Author abbrev. (botany)Blakeslee

Albert Francis Blakeslee (November 9, 1874 – November 16, 1954) was an American botanist. He is best known for his research on the poisonous jimsonweed plant and the sexuality of fungi. He was the brother of the Far East scholar George Hubbard Blakeslee.