Template:Did you know nominations/John Thomas Baldwin
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:25, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
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John Thomas Baldwin
- ... that John Thomas Baldwin discovered Strophanthus sarmentosus was a natural source of cortisone? "Dr. John Thomas Baldwin Jr. of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va., a botanist who was instrumental in the discovery of natural sources of cortisone, died Tuesday at his home in Williamsburg. He was 63 years old. Dr. Baldwin, who was professor of biology at the college was sent to Liberia in 1947 by the United States Department of Agriculture for a survey of the distribution, prevalence and behavior of strophanthus. One of that species, a genus of poisonous plants of the dog bane family, strophanthus sarmentosus, was found to be natural source of cortisone and was used in the early manufacture of the drug." from: "John T. Baldwin Jr., Botanist, 63, Dead". The New York Times. 5 September 1974. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ALT1:... that College of William & Mary botanist John Thomas Baldwin fined a group of students $100 after they cut down one of his specimens for use as a Christmas tree? "No one will ever notice this pine is missing, several students thought, and on a chilly December evening, they cut down an evergreen tree on the campus of the College of William and Mary. The revelers were ignorant of the fact that the tree, which they later decorated in a dorm, was one of three specimens of Atlas Mountain cedar that had been planted on campus. But they soon discovered how Christmas spirit can be set aside in certain circumstances. Dr. J. T. Baldwin, Jr., the biology professor who had planted and nurtured the tree, tracked them down and fined them $100." from: "Professor's Tree Legacy" (PDF). Boxwood Bulletin. Vol. 17, no. 3. American Boxwood Society. January 1978. p. 43.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 18:28, 10 February 2020 (UTC).
This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and either hook could be used, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:51, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
