Stanley Coulter (June 2, 1853 – June 26, 1943) was an American

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual Cell (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...

, brother of botanist

John Merle Coulter John Merle Coulter, Ph. D. (November 20, 1851 – December 23, 1928) was an American botanist and educator. In his career in education administration, Coulter is notable for serving as the president of Indiana University and Lake Forest College ...

. He was born in Ningpo, China, to missionary parents Moses Stanley Coulter and Caroline Elvira (nee Crowe). He was educated at

Hanover College Hanover College is a private college in Hanover, Indiana, United States, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Founded in 1827 by Reverend John Finley Crowe, it is Indiana's oldest private college. The Hanover athletic teams participat ...

. In 1887 he was appointed professor of biology at

Purdue Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donat ...

. His publications include more than 125 pamphlets on nature study, scientific researches, sketches, and also ''Flora of Indiana'' (1899), and ''A Key to the Genera of the Native Forest Trees and Shrubs of Indiana'' (1907). He was dean of the School of Sciences at Purdue from 1905 until his retirement in 1926. He married Lucy Eunice Post in 1877, and they had one daughter, Mabel Post (Coulter) Smith. Coulter's archives are held at Purdue University.

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