Burton Edward Livingston (February 9, 1875 – February 8, 1948) was an

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, born at

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, Michigan. He was educated at the University of Michigan (B.S., 1898) and the University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1902), where he worked as an assistant from 1899 to 1905. He published ''Róle of Diffusion and Osmotic Pressure in Plants'' (1903). In 1913, Livingston became the professor of plant physiology at Johns Hopkins University. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1914. He also served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as the

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, from 1930 to 1937. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1933.

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