Olive, Lindsay S.

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Lindsay Shepherd Olive was born in Florence, S.C., in 1917. He received his Ph.D. in botany from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1942. He was on the faculty of the botany department at Columbia University, 1949-1968, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1968-1982. Professor Olive was a distinguished mycologist whose research focused on the cytology, genetics, morphology, and taxonomy of fungi and mycetozoans.

From the description of Lindsay S. Olive papers, 1939-1982 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25814059

From the guide to the Lindsay S. Olive Papers, ., 1939-1982, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

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