Ralph Hosmer

Botanist, Academic

1874 – 1963

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Who was Ralph Hosmer?

Ralph Sheldon Hosmer was Hawaii's first territorial forester, a contemporary of Gifford Pinchot who was among the group of educated American foresters that organized what is now the U. S. Forest Service. Hosmer later joined the faculty of Cornell University as head of the department of Forestry, where he served for 28 years until his retirement.

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Born
Mar 4, 1874
Deerfield
Religion
  • Christian Unitarianism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Employment
  • Cornell University
Lived in
  • Ithaca
Died
Jul 20, 1963

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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