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Robin Bradford Foster

botanist and ecologist
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Summary

Robin Bradford Foster was born on January 1, 1945[1]. He has worked as a botanist[2], ecologist[3], and botanical collector[4]. He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

Key Facts

  • Educated at: Duke University[6]
  • Doctoral advisor: William Dwight Billings[7]
  • Sex or gender: male[8]
  • Doctoral student: Phyllis D. Coley[9]
  • Family name: Foster[10]
  • Given name: Robin[11], Bradford[12]
  • Different from: Robin Foster[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Smithsonian Names[14]
  • Collection items at: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin[15], Natural History Museum, Vienna[16], Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew[17], California Academy of Sciences herbarium[18], Zürich Herbaria[19]

FAQs

What did Robin Bradford Foster do for work?

Robin Bradford Foster worked as a botanist[2], ecologist[3], and botanical collector[4].

Where did Robin Bradford Foster go to school?

Robin Bradford Foster was educated at Duke University[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [4] ↑ . Bionomia. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . International Plant Names Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . herbarium.bgbm.org. herbarium.bgbm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . w.jacq.org. w.jacq.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · BornOnTheCob · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth → +1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Collection items at → Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Natural History Museum, Vienna, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew +2
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/113qnbvzq
    Sex or gender → male
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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