Walter Stephen Judd
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| birth_place = Fairbanks, Alaska
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| field = Botany
| work_institution = University of Florida
| alma_mater = Michigan State University,
Harvard University
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| known_for = Plant taxonomy (Judd system)
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Walter S. Judd (born 1951) is an American botanist and taxonomist, and distinguished professor in the Department of Botany, University of Florida since 2009.[http://www.biology.ufl.edu/people/faculty/lyonia.aspx University of Florida, Department of Biology: Walter S Judd]
Career
Judd attended Michigan State University (B.S. 1973, M.S. 1974) and Harvard University (Ph.D. 1978). He became an assistant professor in the Department of Botany at the University of Florida (1978–1983), associate professor (1983–1991) and professor in 1991. He was president of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists 2000–2001.
Contributions
Professor Judd has been a contributor to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group and produced his own modification of this in 1999, the Judd system.
Awards
- American Society of Plant Taxonomists: Asa Gray Award 2011[http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1600/036364412X616558 Asa Gray Award 2011]
- National Museum of Natural History: José Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany 2012.[http://botany.si.edu/cuatrecasas/medal2012.cfm National Museum of Natural History: José Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany 2012.]
Publications
- {{cite book |last=Judd |first=Walter S. |title=Plant systematics: a phylogenetic approach. 3rd ed. |year=1999–2008 |publisher=Sinauer Associates |isbn=0-87893-407-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kr3uAAAAMAAJ |access-date=29 January 2014 |ref=none}}
- {{cite book |last=Judd |first=Walter S.& Graham A. |title=Flora of Middle-Earth: Plants of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium. |year=2017 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780190276317 |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/flora-of-middle-earth-9780190276317?cc=us&lang=en& |ref=none}} (see Illustrating Tolkien)
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References
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Sources
- [http://plants.jstor.org/person/bm000011424 JSTOR: Global Plants]
- [http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?mode=details&id=61139 Harvard Botanist Index]
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Category:21st-century American botanists
Category:Michigan State University alumni