Homer C. Sampson

Homer C. Sampson
Born: Wheeler, IL 2/21/1885; died ca. 7/1/1963
Education: Chicago (B.S. 1914; Ph.D. 1917)
Dissertation title: Chemical changes accompanying abscission in Coleus blumei (Bot. Gaz. 66:32-53)
Advisor: William M. Crocker? (Mentioned in dissertation along with others)
Comments: Was an assistant at Eastern Illinois State Univ. 1909-12, while E. N. Transeau was teaching there, and was doubtless influenced by him then.
Ph.D. students: Royal Shanks