death_place death_date birth_place citizenship birth_date article_title author_abbrev_bot name
new orleans , louisiana november 14 , 1963 enid , oklahoma united states august 29 , 1911 paul h. allen
 p.h.allen paul hamilton allen
paul h. allen

paul hamilton allen -lrb- 1911 -- 1963 -rrb- was an american botanist noted for his work on the ecology of central america , orchid systematics and economically important species including bananas .
he was married to the former dorothy osdieck of kirkwood , missouri .
allen was born in enid , oklahoma .
with only a secondary school education , he became a student apprentice at the missouri botanical garden in st. louis , missouri .
