Frank Ellis Boynton (July 10, 1859 – December 10, 1942) was a self-taught American botanist active in the

Southeastern United States The Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast or simply the Southeast, is a geographical region of the United States. It is located broadly on the eastern portion of the southern United States and the southern por ...

. He worked at Biltmore Estate with his brother, Charles Lawrence Boynton, and

Chauncey Beadle Chauncey Delos Beadle (August 5, 1866 in St. Catharines, Ontario – 1950) was a Canadian-born botanist and horticulturist active in the southern United States. He was educated in horticulture at Ontario Agricultural College (1884) and Cornell Un ...

. Boynton's dewberry, '' Rubus boyntonii'' was named in honor of Frank Ellis Boynton.W. W. Ashe in Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 19:9. 1903

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* * 1859 births 1942 deaths American botanists People from Hyde Park, Vermont {{US-botanist-stub