William Louis Stern (September 10, 1926 – November 1, 2021) was an American botanist and professor. Educated at the National Farm School,

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and the

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, he specialized in the anatomy of wood. Stern chaired the Department of Botany at the

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from 1979 to 1985. He was also the author of ''Index Xylariorum'', a repertoire of

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wood, and was a member of the International Wood Collectors Society.

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