#December 14, 1910
#OTD Dick Goodwin, American #Botanist, is born.
A #Harvard grad, he became a #Botany #Professor at #Connecticut #College, where he was put in charge of the #Arboretum & created Human I: a degree that combined #Science + #PublicPolicy.
When interviewed about gifting his #Farm to the #Nature #Conservancy, he spied a #Cool #Flower out of the corner of his eye and exclaimed,
"There it is - a ragged fringe #Lily!"
Dick's memoir is "A Botanist's Window on the 20th Century."