Charles Frederick Millspaugh

Charles Frederick Millspaugh (1854–1923) was an American botanist, born at Ithaca, N.Y., and educated at Cornell and the New York Homeopathic Medical College. For several years he practiced medicine and from 1891 to 1893 taught botany at West Virginia University. In 1894 he was appointed curator of the department of botany of the Field Museum of Natural History; from 1897 to 1923 he was professor of medical botany at the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College. He was also lecturer on botany at the University of Chicago. Millspaugh carried on explorations in the West Indies, Brazil, and other parts of South America, and was the author of American Medical Plants (1887); Flora of West Virginia (1891); and many articles in scientific and popular journals.

Charles Frederick Millspaugh
Born	1854 Ithaca, New York
Died	(1923-09-15)September 15, 1923 Chicago, Illinois
Alma mater	Cornell University, New York Homeopathic Medical College
Scientific career
Fields	Botany, Medicine, Illustrator
Institutions	West Virginia University, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Homeopathic Medical College, University of Chicago
Author abbrev. (botany)	Millsp.

The genera Millspaughia B.L.Rob. and Neomillspaughia S.F.Blake (Polygonaceae) were named in his honor.

Bibliography

Books by and about Charles Frederick Millspaugh on WorldCat[1]

See also

• Nashia
• Cubanthus
• List of botanists by author abbreviation

Notes

1. Results for 'Charles Frederick Millspaugh' (WorldCat.org) at www.worldcat.org

External links

• Publications by Charles Frederick Millspaugh at the Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Flora of West Virginia by C. F. Millspaugh, 1892, Hathi Trust Digital Library

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