ALBERT FRANCIS BLAKESLEE

'Albert Francis Blakeslee' (9 November 1874–16 November 1954) was an American botanist. He is best known for his research on the poisonous jimsonweed plant and the sexuality of fungi.
Born in Geneseo, New York, Blakeslee attended Wesleyan University, graduating in 1896. He received a master's degree from Harvard University in 1900 and a doctorate in 1904.
His first professorship was at the Connecticut Agricultural College, now known as the University of Connecticut. He was hired by the Carnegie Institution in 1915, eventually becoming its director. In 1941, he retired from the Carnegie Institution and returned to academia, accepting a professorship at Smith College. There he performed his research on jimsonweed.
He was the brother of the Far East scholar George Hubbard Blakeslee.

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★ Blakeslee, Albert Francis (2005) Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved December 1, 2005, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online

★ ''Who's Who in New England'', 1909, p. 115. Retrieved from Google Book Search.