Leslie Holdridge
Leslie Rensselaer Holdridge (born September 29, 1907 in Ledyard , Connecticut , USA , † June 19, 1999 in Easton , Maryland , USA) was an American botanist and climatologist . He worked in Costa Rica as a tropical forest researcher and created a classification scheme for climate and vegetation zones, which he himself referred to as "Life Zones".
He is the father of the American composer Lee Holdridge .
Web links
- Fabian Würtz: Comparison of the Köppen climate classification with the classification of vegetation zones according to Whittaker and Holdridge ( Memento from August 16, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Some Descendants of Christopher AVERY - Tenth Generation at genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com , accessed October 9, 2011
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| SURNAME | Holdridge, Leslie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holdridge, Leslie Rensselaer (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American botanist and climatologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ledyard , Connecticut, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1999 |
| Place of death | Easton , Maryland , USA |