Robert Willard Hodgson

{{short description|American agronomist}}

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| birth_date = April 3, 1893

| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, US

| death_date = May 16 (or 17), 1966 (aged 73)

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, US

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| fields = Horticulture

| workplaces = University of California

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| known_for = Research on Citrus, Avocado and other subtropical and tropical crops

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| spouse = Evelyn Mitchell Hodgson

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| children = Robert Willard Hodgson Jr., and Richard Warren Hodgson

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Robert Willard Hodgson (1893–1966) was an American botanist, taxonomist and agricultural researcher located in the California State, an exceptional citrus and avocado expert. He was a co-author of The Citrus Industry book,[http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol2/vol2dedication.htm DEDICATED TO ROBERT WILLARD HODGSON by the UCR library] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141112204340/http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol2/vol2dedication.htm |date=2014-11-12 }} emeritus professor of University of California, and dean of the College of Agriculture.[http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb238nb0d8&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00017&toc.id= Calisphere - Robert Willard Hodgson, Agriculture: Los Angeles, Berkeley, and Systemwid][http://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_32_1947/CAS_1947_PG_011.pdf Robert Willard Hodgson: "In Appreciation"] by the California Avocado Society 1947 Yearbook 32: 11