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Bassett Maguire (1904–1991) was an American botanist, head curator of the New York Botanical Garden, and a leader of scientific expeditions to the Guyana Highlands in Brazil and Venezuela. ==Life== Maguire was born in Gadsden, Alabama, on August 4, 1904. He obtained his doctorate from Cornell University in 1938.〔Alfonso A. Narvaez, ("Bassett Maguire, 86, a Botanist and Expedition Leader, is Dead" ), ''The New York Times'', February 8, 1991. Accessed 17 March 2015.〕 After a spell teaching biology and botany at various colleges, he got a job at the Botanical Garden in New York in 1943. He was to become head curator, director of botany and senior scientist. He led several expeditions to the Guyana Highlands, bringing back thousands of samples. In 1954 he discovered the botanically rich Cerro de la Neblina ("Mountain of the Clouds").〔Maguire, B. (January 1955). Cerro de la Neblina, Amazonas, Venezuela: a newly discovered sandstone mountain. ''Geographical Review'' 45/1: 27–51. 〕〔Maguire, B. & J.J. Wurdack (October 1959). The position of Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela. () In: Geographical record. ''Geographical Review'' 49/4: 563–588. 〕 He retired in 1978. In 1990, when he was 85, New York Botanical Garden published a Festschrift in his honour: ''The Bassett Maguire Festschrift: A Tribute to the Man and His Deeds'', edited by William R. Buck, Brian M. Boom, Richard A. Howard (Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden Vol. 64). He died of kidney failure in Doctors Hospital (Manhattan, New York) on February 6, 1991. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bassett Maguire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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