Biography:

Botanist, professor of botany. Born– Dec. 18, 1933, Roswell, Ga. Parents–Samuel B. Jones Sr. and Mary Bell Nichols Jones.  Married–Carleen Arrington, 1955.  Children–three. Education– Auburn University, B.S., 1955, M.S., 1961; University of Georgia, Ph.D., 1964. Served in US Army and US Army Reserves; retired at rank of lieutenant colonel. Taught at South Cobb High School (Ga.), 1958-1959; Auburn University, 1959-1961; University of Southern Mississippi, 1964-1967; University of Georgia, 1967-91; Director, Botanical Garden, University of Georgia, 1981-1991. With his wife founded Picadilly Farm Nursery and Gardens in the early 1980’s; received several awards for its work: the Perennial Plant Award of Merit, 2005, and the Award of Merit from the American Conifer Society. Recipient of a Callaway Foundation Research Grant. Member; Botanical Society of America; American Society of Plant Taxonomists; International Association of Plant Taxonomists; Sorrey Botanical Club.  Awarded emeritus status on his retirement from the University of Georgia. Died February 9, 2016.

Source:

American Men and Women of Science, 1982; obituary.

Joint_Publication(s):

Checklist of the Vascular Flora of Clarke County, Georgia. S.l.; s.n., 1980?

Conspectus and Index to Families–Tribe Vernonieae. Chicago; s.n., s.d.

Field Museum of Natural History, 1980. S.l.; s.n., s.d.

Gardening with Native Wild Flowers. Portland, Ore.; Timber Press, 1990.

List of Georgia Plants in the University of Georgia Herbarium. Athens, Ga.; Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Georgia, 1979.

Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast, Landscaping Uses and Identifications. Portland, Ore.; Timber Press, 1989.

Plant Systematics. New York; McGraw-Hill, 1979.

Papers;

The Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia holds a collection of papers of Samuel B. Jones Jr.