Laurence Skog
American botanist (1943- )
Laurence Edgar Skog (born April 9, 1943) is an American botanist who specializes in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae.
After graduating in from Cornell University in 1972, Skog studied in Europe and the UK. In 1973, Skog joined the Smithsonian Institution's Department of Botany. He was a curator and researcher there until his retirement in 2003.
Life
Laurence Edgar Skog was born on April 9, 1943, in Duluth, Minnesota, the oldest of four children.
Skog married Judith E. Troop, a fellow botanist, in 1968. In 1972, they moved to Virginia. Their son, Jeremy Owen, was born in 1980.
Education
Skog was a graduate of the University of Minnesota at Duluth from where he received a Bachelor of Arts in botany with a minor in chemistry in 1965. In 1968, Skog earned a Master of Science in botany at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. His thesis was on the Coriaria.
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