Louis Otho (Otto) Williams (1908 – 1991) was a botanist from Wyoming. He received his BA and MA from the University of Wyoming then a PhD from Washington University in St. Louis. He went on to be editor of the American Orchid Society Bulletin. While he was editor the bulletin increased publication frequency from quarterly to monthly and membership in the society grew from 200 to 3,000. During World War II worked in Brazil on the rubber procurement project. For much of the 1950s he lived in Honduras and started the journal Ceiba there. After returning to the US he worked for the Field Museum of Natural History starting in 1960 and from 1964 to 1973 served as departmental chair.
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The standard author abbreviation L.O.Williams is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.References
- Burger, William (May 1991). "Louis Otho Williams (1908-1991)". Taxon. 40 (2): 355–6. JSTOR 1223002.
- Natural History Museum bio
- Field Museum page
- Williams, Louis. "Central America and Peru". Field Museum of Natural History.
- International Plant Names Index. L.O.Williams.
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