Awards & Winners

David Fairchild

Date of Birth 07-April-1869
Place of Birth Lansing
(Michigan, United States of America, Eaton County, Ingham County, Area code 517)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Botanist, Author
David Grandison Fairchild was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 200,000 exotic plants and varieties of established crops into the United States, including soybeans, pistachios, mangos, nectarines, dates, bamboos, and flowering cherries. Certain varieties of wheat, cotton, and rice became especially economically important.

Awards by David Fairchild

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1938


National Book Award for Bookseller Discovery
Honored for : The World Was My Garden

Nominations 1938 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Bookseller Discovery The World Was My Garden