Robert A. Harper

(1862-1946) lived at Neligh, Antelope County. Botanist, educator, considered one of the pioneers in the field of botany, he researched the structure and development of the plant cell; elected to National Academy of Sciences in 1911. Consult New York Times obituary, May 13, 1946, p. 21 and National Academy of Sciences, Biographical Memoirs, Vol 25 (1949) 229-240 and Harry B. Humphrey, Makers of North American Botany (Ronald, 1961) 103-105.

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