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### Author
Phillips, Walter Sargeant (1905-1975), American botanist; AB Oberlin 1929, Dr. phil. Chicago 1935; taught English at Taiku, Shansi, 1929-1931; at University of Chicago 1932, University of Miami 1935, University of Arizona 1940, from 1947-1972 as head of the Department of Botany and curator of the herbarium; student of the Polypodiaceae.
**Abbreviated name**: *W.S. Phillips* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.S.Phillips*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection ARIZ|ARIZ]]; further material at [[Collection BUS|BUS]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NYS|NYS]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection US|US]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 82; Bossert p. 309 (b. 20 Oct 1905); IH 1 (ed. 1): 96, (ed. 2): 121, (ed. 3): 156, (ed. 4): 174, (ed. 5): 188, 2: (in press); PH 209.
#### Biofile
- Cowan, R.S., Taxon 24: 553. 1975 (d. 7 Apr 1975). Ewan, J. et al., Short hist.
- bot. U.S. 121. 1969. Mason, C.T., Amer. Fern J. 65(3): 70. 1975 (obit., b. 20 Oct 1905, d. 7 Apr 1975, list pterid. papers).
- Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 85. 1981 (arch. mat. HU).