Fred Alexander Barkley (1908–1989) was an American

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

. Barkley studied at the

University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the ...

and was awarded a PhD from the Washington University in St. Louis in 1937.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barkley, Fred Alexander 1908 births 1989 deaths 20th-century American botanists University of Oklahoma alumni Washington University in St. Louis alumni