George Elwood Nichols

George Elwood Nichols
George E. Nichols
Born(1882-04-12)April 12, 1882
DiedJune 20, 1939(1939-06-20) (aged 57)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsYale University
Thesis Morphological Study of Juniperus communis var. depressa  (1909)
Doctoral advisorAlexander William Evans
Doctoral studentsFrank Egler
Author abbrev. (botany)Nichols

George Elwood Nichols (1882–1939) was a botanist, bryologist, algologist and ecologist, one of the founders of the Ecological Society of America. The standard author abbreviation Nichols is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.