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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1849-03-07 ) March 7, 1849, Lancaster, Massachusetts, US
- Died
- April 11, 1926 (1926-04-11) (aged 77), Santa Rosa, California, US
- Spouses
- Helen Coleman, Elizabeth Waters
- Children
- None
- Fields
- Botany
- Patrons
- Andrew Carnegie
- Author abbrev botany
- Burbank
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lancaster
- Place of death
- Santa Rosa
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- horticulture
- Image
- Burbank Shaw c1902.jpg
- Political ideology
- eugenics
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- Commons category
- Luther Burbank
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1849-03-07
- date of death
- 1926-04-11
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Luther Burbank
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
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Encyclopedic overview
Burbank birthplace in Lancaster, Massachusetts
Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849 – April 11, 1926) was an American botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer in agricultural science who developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Burbank primarily worked with fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables. He developed (but did not create) a spineless cactus (useful for cattle-feed) and the plumcot.
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