George Bishop Sudworth (August 31, 1864 – May 10, 1927) was an

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botanist. At the time of his death, he was the Chief Dendrologist of the

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Biography

Born in Kingston, Wisconsin, Sudworth graduated from the

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in 1885. In 1885-1886 he was an instructor in botany at Michigan State Agricultural College and entered the Forestry Division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1886. During his life, Sudworth published several books, but his most famous is ''A Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States''. Other works include "The Pine Trees of the Rocky Mountain Region" which was illustrated by

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. Sudworth discovered many new species and varieties of North American trees. Sudworth was a founder of the

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, and was also a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the Biological and Botanical Societies of Washington, and an honorary member of the Finnish forestry association, Finska Forstsamfundet. He married Frances Gertrude Kingsbury on February 24, 1897, and they had one son. He died at his home in

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on May 10, 1927.

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