caption doctoral_advisor death_date death_place work_institution birth_place nationality author_abbreviation_bot field birth_date known_for residence image article_title name alma_mater
professor and mrs. radford in 1988 henry roland totten april 12 , 2006 -lrb- aged 88 -rrb- columbia , missouri university of north carolina augusta , georgia , united states american radford botany january 25 , 1918 plant taxonomy , ecology chapel hill , north carolina albert ernest radford.jpg albert ernest radford
 albert ernest radford furman university
albert ernest radford

albert ernest radford -lrb- january 25 , 1918 -- april 12 , 2006 -rrb- was an american botanist active in the southeastern united states .
he was best known for his work as senior author of `` manual of the vascular flora of the carolinas '' , the definitive flora for north carolina and south carolina .
