Person

Curtis, John T.

1913–1961

Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 25, 2018 (John Thomas Curtis; born September 20, 1913, in Waukesha, Wis.; died June 7, 1961; an American botanist and plant ecologist. He is particularly known for his lasting contribution to the development of numerical methods in ecology; Curtis completed his Ph.D. in botany at the University of Wisconsin in 1937. He remained affiliated with that university for the remainder of his career; In 1951 he was made full professor of botany at the University of Wisconsin)