John Ernest Weaver, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Ernest Weaver

American botanist

Date of Birth: 05-May-1884

Place of Birth: Iowa, United States

Date of Death: 08-Jun-1966

Profession: university teacher, botanist, ecologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

John Ernst Weaver ( 5 May 1884 – 8 June 1966) was an American botanist, prairie ecologist, and university professor. Weaver was born in Villisca, Iowa.
He attained a PhD at the University of Minnesota, 1916.
He was "Instructor of Botany" at Washington State College from 1912 to 1913.
In 1915 he became "Assistant professor of Botany" at the University of Nebraska where he was a plant ecology professor from 1917 until his retirement in 1952. Weaver published many works regarding vegetation and ecology of prairies.
In 1929 he and Henry Chandler Cowles published the first American ecology textbook.
He was a member of the Botanical Society of America, the Ecological Society of America, and the Nebraska Academy of Sciences.