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

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plant physiologist, born at

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. He was educated at the

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(B.S., 1898) and the

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(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

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. He was elected to the

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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

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in 1933.

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1875 births 1948 deaths American non-fiction writers Plant physiologists Johns Hopkins University faculty Writers from Grand Rapids, Michigan University of Michigan alumni University of Chicago alumni Society for Science & the Public American botanists Members of the American Philosophical Society {{US-botanist-stub