caption death_date birth_place nationality field work_institutions birth_date known_for image article_title author_abbrev_bot name alma_mater
albert francis blakeslee and sophia a. satina november 16 , 1954 geneseo , new york american botanist carnegie institution november 9 , 1874 jimsonweed sophia blakeslee -lrb- 1874-1954 -rrb- , shown with samples of mold a. -lrb- 3322781086 -rrb- . jpg satina -lrb- 1879-1975 -rrb- and albert francis albert francis blakeslee
 blakeslee albert francis blakeslee harvard university
albert francis blakeslee

albert francis blakeslee -lrb- november 9 , 1874 -- november 16 , 1954 -rrb- was an american botanist .
he is best known for his research on the poisonous jimsonweed plant and the sexuality of fungi .
he was the brother of the far east scholar george hubbard blakeslee , who had also studied in germany at the university of leipzig in 1902 .
born in geneseo , new york , blakeslee attended wesleyan university , graduating in 1896 .
he received a master 's degree from harvard university in 1900 and a doctorate in 1904 .
he also studied at the university of halle-wittenberg in germany from 1904 to 1906 .
