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Alternate Name:
Krukoff, Boris Alexander  Search this
Forename:
Boris  Search this
Middle Initial:
Alexander  Search this
Surname:
Krukoff  Search this
Occupation:
Botanists
Record type:
Personal name
Birth Date:
1898
Death Date:
1983
Biographical History:
Boris Alexander Krukoff (1898-1983) was a consulting forester and economic botanist with the United States Rubber Company, the American Chicle Company, and Merck Company. He traveled to South America and Africa from 1925-1955 to collect botanical and wood specimens. He was also an honorary curator at the New York Botanical Garden and consulting botanist at the Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratory.
Source:
Library of Congress. NACO. Control Number: n 82094163
Krukoff, Boris Alexander (1898-1983). JSTOR Plant Science. Retrieved March 2012 from http://plants.jstor.org/person/bm000004612.
Related entities:
United States Rubber Company: He was an economic botanist with the United States Rubber Company.
American Chicle Company: He was an economic botanist with the American Chicle Company.
New York botanical garden: He was an honorary curator at the New York Botanical Garden.
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United States Rubber Company
American Chicle Company
New York botanical garden
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Krukoff, B. A.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:auth_per_fbr_EACP462