Frank Shipley Collins
Frank Shipley Collins (1848–1920) was an American botanist and algologist specializing in the study of marine algae. He was a pioneer in the study of the distribution of algae on the Atlantic seaboard and Bermudas and was the leading American algologist of his time. He wrote "The Green Algae of North America" and "Working Key to the Genera of North American Algae". Several species bear his name in his honor, including "Collinsiella tuberculata" (green algae in the order Ulotrichales), and "Phaeosaccion collinsii".