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### Author
Burkholder, Paul Rufus (1903-x), American botanist, born at Orrstown, Pa., at Dickinson College B.A. 1924, instructor in botany Univ. Cornell, Ithaca 1924, Biol. curator Buffalo Museum of Science 1929-1932, Ph.D. Cornell 1929, assistant professor Connecticut College 1934, assoc. prof. 1937, id. Univ. Missouri 1938, id. Univ. Yale 1940, M.A. h.c. id. 1944, Eaton prof. botany 1944-1953, Dr. h.c. Dickinson College 1949, Univ. Yale chairman Dept. Plant Science, after 1955 director Brooklyn Bot. Gard.
**Abbreviated name**: *P.R. Burkh.*
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 285 (b. 1 Feb 1903, Orrstown, Pa.); GR p. 20; Kew 1: 428; NAF ser. 2(6): 59.
#### Biofile
- Ewan, J. et al., Short. hist. bot. U.S. 162. 1969.
- Prescott, G.W., N.A.F. ser. 2. 6: 59. 1972; Contrib. bibl. antarct. subantarct. algae 219, 255, 256. 1979; Bibl. Desmid. univ. 82. 1984.
### Publications
##### n.23.745. phytoplankton
**Title**
Studies in the *phytoplankton* of the *Cayuga Lake Basin*, New York... Buffalo, New York (BUlletin Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences) 1931. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1931, cover-t.p., p. \[ii, *plate*\], \[iii\]-\[ix\], \[21\]-179. *Copy*: L. – Issued as Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 15(2), 1931.