Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (born 1898)

Donald C. Peattie

American botanist, naturalist and author

Donald Culross Peattie was an American botanist, naturalist and author. He was described by Joseph Wood Krutch as "perhaps the most widely read of all contemporary American nature writers" during his heyday. His brother, Roderick Peattie (1891–1955), was a geographer and a noted…