# Edwin Copeland
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{{Short description|American botanist (1873–1964)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Edwin B. Copeland
| image = File:Edwin Copeland.jpg
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| caption = Edwin Copeland, circa 1910
| birth_date = {{birth date|1873|09|30}}
| birth_place = [Monroe, Wisconsin](/source/Monroe%2C_Wisconsin)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|03|16|1873|9|30}}
| death_place = [Chico, California](/source/Chico%2C_California)
| citizenship = USA
| nationality =
| ethnicity =
| field = [Botany](/source/Botany)
[Agriculture](/source/Agriculture)
| work_institution = [University of the Philippines Los Baños](/source/University_of_the_Philippines_Los_Ba%C3%B1os)
[University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley)
| alma_mater = [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University)
[University of Halle](/source/University_of_Halle)
| thesis_title = thesis on the influence of light and temperature on turgor
| thesis_year = 1896
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| known_for = Founding the [University of the Philippines College of Agriculture](/source/University_of_the_Philippines_College_of_Agriculture); study of ferns
| author_abbreviation_bot = Copel.
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| footnotes =
| spouse = Ethel Faulkner Copeland
| children = [Herbert Copeland](/source/Herbert_Copeland_(biologist))
}}
'''Edwin Bingham Copeland''' (September 30, 1873 – March 16, 1964) was an American botanist and agriculturist.[{{cite magazine|title=Copeland, Edwin Bingham|magazine=International Who's Who|year=1912|page=312|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89097340061;view=1up;seq=330}}] He is known for founding the [University of the Philippines College of Agriculture](/source/University_of_the_Philippines_College_of_Agriculture) at [Los Baños, Laguna](/source/Los_Ba%C3%B1os%2C_Laguna) and for being one of the America's leading [pteridologists](/source/pteridology) (one who studies ferns).[[Wagner, W.H. Jr.](/source/Warren_H._Wagner) 1964. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1545997 Edwin Bingham Copeland (1873–1964) and his contributions to Pteridology]. American Fern Journal 54(4): 177–188.] In 1909, he founded the [University of the Philippines College of Agriculture](/source/University_of_the_Philippines_College_of_Agriculture) at [Los Baños, Laguna](/source/Los_Ba%C3%B1os%2C_Laguna), now part of the [University of the Philippines Los Baños](/source/University_of_the_Philippines_Los_Ba%C3%B1os), and served as its dean and also as a professor of [plant physiology](/source/plant_physiology) for eight years (1909–1917). In 1917, he returned to the United States and was a leading rice grower in [Chico, California](/source/Chico%2C_California).[[http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/herb/collections/default.asp Collections] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028132206/http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/herb/collections/default.asp |date=2015-10-28 }}, University of Michigan Herbarium.] He wrote numerous articles and several books including "Elements of Philippine Agriculture" (1908), "The Coconut" (three editions, 1914, 1921, and 1931), "Rice" (1924), "Fern" (1964) and "Natural Conduct" (1928), a book on practical ethics.[{{cite web |title=Pteridophyta Philippinensia exsiccata: IndExs ExsiccataID=92187264 |website=IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae |publisher=Botanische Staatssammlung München |url=https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=92187264 |access-date=19 July 2024}}] In a letter during his final months, a friend C.V. Morton wrote, "You have the consolation of knowing that your name is in constant use by fern students the world over."