Fairchild, David (Grandison)
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died Aug. 6, 1954, Coconut Grove, Fla.
U.S. botanist and agricultural explorer.
He studied at Kansas State University of Agriculture. From 1904 to 1928, as head of the section of plant pathology of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he supervised the introduction of many useful plants into the U.S., including alfalfa, dates, mangoes, horseradish, and bamboos.
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