Albert Kellogg

Albert Kellogg
BornDecember 6, 1813
New Hartford, Connecticut
DiedMarch 31, 1887
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Albert Kellogg (December 6, 1813 – March 31, 1887 ) was an American physician and the first resident botanist of California. He was a founding member of the California Academy of Sciences and served as its first curator of botany. Kellogg was a prolific writer and an accomplished illustrator of botanical specimens. In 1882, he published "The Forest Trees of California", the first scientific account of the state's diverse forest species.[1][2]

  1. ^ Greene 1887-1889
  2. ^ Science 1987

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