George Thomas Moore
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George Thomas Moore (1871–1956) was an American botanist, who specialised in phycology, the study of algae. Moore was the director of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri from 1912 to 1953.<ref name="Kleinman">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Biography
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Moore was born on February 23, 1871, in Indianapolis, Indiana.<ref name="Kleinman" /> He obtained both a Bachelor of Science in 1894 from Wabash College in his home state, and a Bachelor of Arts in 1895 from Harvard University, continuing at the latter to obtain a Master of Arts in 1896<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> and finally, in 1900, a Doctor of Philosophy.<ref name="Kleinman" /> Moore headed to the Missouri Botanical Garden after serving for two years as the head of the Botany Department at Dartmouth College, and for some time as head of the Laboratory of Plant Pathology at the United States Department of Agriculture.<ref name="Kleinman" /> He was also the head of Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.<ref name="Kleinman" /> He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1905.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He also served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as Society for Science & the Public, from 1921 to 1923.
He died at his home in St. Louis on November 27, 1956, and was buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>