Robert Willard Hodgson (1893–1966) was an American botanist, taxonomist and agricultural researcher located in the

California State The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California. With 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 485,550 students with 55,909 faculty and staff, CSU is the largest four-year public univers ...

, an exceptional

citrus ''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes. The genus ''Citrus'' is native to ...

and

avocado The avocado (''Persea americana'') is a medium-sized, evergreen tree in the laurel family ( Lauraceae). It is native to the Americas and was first domesticated by Mesoamerican tribes more than 5,000 years ago. Then as now it was prized for ...

expert. He was a co-author of The Citrus Industry book,DEDICATED TO ROBERT WILLARD HODGSON by the UCR library
emeritus professor of

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Franci ...

, and dean of the College of Agriculture.Calisphere - Robert Willard Hodgson, Agriculture: Los Angeles, Berkeley, and Systemwid
/ref>Robert Willard Hodgson: "In Appreciation"
by the California Avocado Society 1947 Yearbook 32: 11

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Socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu: Robert Willard Hodgson (1893-1966)
* American agronomists Citrus farmers Pomologists 1893 births 1966 deaths American botanical writers American taxonomists Botanists active in California University of California faculty People from Dallas Scientists from California 20th-century American botanists 20th-century agronomists {{botanist-stub