John Muirhead Macfarlane (1855–1943) was a Scottish botanist. He was born and educated in Scotland, where he occupied several different academic positions at the University of Edinburgh before emigrating to the United States to assume a professorial chair at the University of Pennsylvania in 1893. He held this position until retirement in 1920. He played a leading role in organising and diversifying the botanical garden of the University of Pennsylvania.

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  • John Muirhead Macfarlane (1855–1943) was a Scottish botanist. He was born and educated in Scotland, where he occupied several different academic positions at the University of Edinburgh before emigrating to the United States to assume a professorial chair at the University of Pennsylvania in 1893. He held this position until retirement in 1920. He played a leading role in organising and diversifying the botanical garden of the University of Pennsylvania. Macfarlane is most well known for his first book, The causes and course of organic evolution. A study in bioenergics (1918). He also wrote many other works including The evolution and distribution of flowering plants, The evolution and distribution of fishes, Fishes the source of petroleum, and The quantity and sources of our petroleum supplies.
  • John Muirhead Macfarlane fue un botánico escocés. Nace y se educa en Escocia, done llega a ocupar varias cátedras en la Universidad de Edinburgo antes de emigrar a EE. UU. para asumir la cátedra en la Universidad de Pennsylvania en 1893, en donde permanece hasta su retiro en 1920. Tuvo un importnate papel en organizar y diversificar el jardín botánico de la Universidad de Pennsylvania. Publica su reconocido primer libro, Las causas y el curso de la evolución orgánic. Un estudio en bioenergía. Otros fueron The evolution and distribution of flowering plants, The evolution and distribution of fishes, Fishes the source of petroleum, The quantity and sources of our petroleum supplies.
  • John Muirhead Macfarlane est un botaniste américain d’origine écossaise, né en 1855 et mort en 1943. Il fait ses études en Écosse avant d’occuper plusieurs emplois à l’université d'Édimbourg. Il émigre aux États-Unis d'Amérique où il enseigne à l’université de Pennsylvanie en 1893, fonction qu’il conserve jusqu’à son départ à la retraite en 1920. Il joue un rôle majeur dans l’organisation et l’enrichissement du jardin botanique de cette université. Les publications les plus connues de Macfarlane sont The causes and course of organic evolution. A study in bioenergics, The evolution and distribution of flowering plants (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae), The evolution and distribution of fishes, Fishes the source of petroleum et The quantity and sources of our petroleum supplies.
  • John Muirhead Macfarlane foi um botânico norte-americano de origem escocesa.
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  • John Muirhead Macfarlane (1855–1943) was a Scottish botanist. He was born and educated in Scotland, where he occupied several different academic positions at the University of Edinburgh before emigrating to the United States to assume a professorial chair at the University of Pennsylvania in 1893. He held this position until retirement in 1920. He played a leading role in organising and diversifying the botanical garden of the University of Pennsylvania.
  • John Muirhead Macfarlane fue un botánico escocés. Nace y se educa en Escocia, done llega a ocupar varias cátedras en la Universidad de Edinburgo antes de emigrar a EE. UU. para asumir la cátedra en la Universidad de Pennsylvania en 1893, en donde permanece hasta su retiro en 1920. Tuvo un importnate papel en organizar y diversificar el jardín botánico de la Universidad de Pennsylvania. Publica su reconocido primer libro, Las causas y el curso de la evolución orgánic.
  • John Muirhead Macfarlane est un botaniste américain d’origine écossaise, né en 1855 et mort en 1943. Il fait ses études en Écosse avant d’occuper plusieurs emplois à l’université d'Édimbourg. Il émigre aux États-Unis d'Amérique où il enseigne à l’université de Pennsylvanie en 1893, fonction qu’il conserve jusqu’à son départ à la retraite en 1920. Il joue un rôle majeur dans l’organisation et l’enrichissement du jardin botanique de cette université.
  • John Muirhead Macfarlane foi um botânico norte-americano de origem escocesa.
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  • John Muirhead Macfarlane
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