Charles Bixler Heiser
Charles Bixler Heiser | |
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Heiser, c. 1990 | |
| Born | Charles Bixler Heiser Jr. October 5, 1920 |
| Died | June 11, 2010 (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis University of California, Berkeley |
| Spouse | Dorothy Gaebler |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany Ethnobotany Plant biosystematics |
| Institutions | Washington University in St. Louis University of California, Davis Indiana University Bloomington |
| Doctoral advisor | Herbert Louis Mason |
| Doctoral students | W. Hardy Eshbaugh Barbara Pickersgill |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Heiser |
Charles Bixler Heiser Jr. (October 5, 1920 – June 11, 2010) was an American professor of botany, known as a leading expert on the sunflower genus Helianthus. He is also noteworthy as the author of a "series of popular books that did much to promote botany to the general public."