Joseph Charles Arthur (January 11, 1850 – April 30, 1942) was an American botanist known for his investigations into rusts (a variety of fungus). He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1923.
The standard author abbreviation Arthur is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.Famous quotes containing the words joseph and/or arthur:
“Many of our German friends before the war would come as our guest to hunt wild pig. I refused to invite Goering. I could not tolerate his killing a wild pig— seemed too much like brother against brother.”
—Joseph L. Mankiewicz, U.S. director, screenwriter. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Countess (Danielle Darrieux)
“Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism, which produces much the same effect as if you worked a love-story or an elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)