> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 166](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265363) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5318116) QID Q5318116 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Billings, William Dwight (1910-x), American botanist, studied at Butler University, A.B. 1933, at Duke University A.M. 1935 and Ph.D. 1936, instructor in botany at the University of Tennessee 1937-1938, at the University of Nevada as an instructor in biology 1938, id. head of the Dept. of Botany 1949-1952, at the Duke University, Durham N.C. as professor of botany 1952. **Abbreviated name**: *W.D. Billings* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection RENO|RENO]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 187 (b. 29 Dec 1910, Washington, D.C.); IH 2: 74. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men women Sci., Biol. 66. 1977. #### Note - (1) With B.R. Strain editor of *Vegetation and environment*, Handbook of vegetation Science no. 6, viii, 194 p., 9 tables. Den Haag 1974. ### Publications ##### n.21.299. Winter key to the trees of Eastern Tennessee **Title** *Winter key to the trees of Eastern Tennessee*... Journal Southern Appalachian Botanical Club... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Co-authors*: Roi Franklin Cain (b. 1902), and William Brooks Drew (b. 1908). *Publ*.: Mar 1937 (date in journal), p. \[29\]-44. *Copy*: BKL. − Reprinted and to be cited from J. South. Appalachian bot. Club 2: 29-44. 1937.