> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 791](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190262) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8390-1) LSID 8390-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21607223) QID Q21607223 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rigg, George Burton (1872-1961), American botanist; B.Sc. Iowa 1896; M.A. Univ. Washington 1909; Dr. phil. Chicago 1914; high school teacher in Iowa 1896-1907; botany and zoology teacher at Lincoln High School, Seattle, Washington 1907; Botany instructor, Univ. of Washington 1909, full professor of botany ib. 1928-1947, head of the botany department 1940-1942; student of the peat resources of the state of Washington. **Abbreviated name**: *Rigg* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rigg*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection WTU|WTU]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 157; BL 1: 162, 180, 219, 315; Hortus 3: 1202; Lenley p. 345; NW p. 56; Tucker 1: 597. #### Biofile - Anon., Ecol. Soc. Bull., Autumn 1962: \[2 p.\], Resolution of respect. (b. 9 Feb 1872, d. 10 Jul 1961, portr.); The Seattle Times, 10 Jul 1961 (obit., portr., copy in TL-2/files); Who was who in America 6: 344-345 for 1974-1976. - Cattell, J.M., Amer. men sci. ed. 2: 394. 1910, ed. 3: 575. 1921, ed. 4: 820. 1927, ed. 5: 935. 1933. - Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 325-326. 1940 (Alaska coll.). - Rigg, G.B., List of publications in Univ. Arch., Univ. Washington; dupl. in TL-2/files; Washington historical Quarterly 20(3): 163-173 (hist. bot. State of Washington).