{{Short description|Canadian-American botanist (1918–1971)}} {{Infobox scientist |name =Lloyd Herbert Shinners |image = |image_size =frameless |caption = |birth_date = September 22, 1918 |birth_place = Bluesky, Alberta |death_date = {{d-da|February 16, 1971|September 22, 1918}} |death_place = Dallas, Texas |resting_place = Cedarburg, Wisconsin |residence = |citizenship = |ethnicity = |field = Botany |work_institutions = Southern Methodist University |alma_mater = University of Wisconsin |doctoral_advisor = Norman Carter Fassett |doctoral_students = |notable_students = Billie Lee Turner |known_for = |author_abbrev_bot = Shinners }}
'''Lloyd Herbert Shinners''' (September 22, 1918 – February 16, 1971) was a Canadian-American botanist and professor who had expertise in the flora of Texas and Wisconsin.
==Early life== Shinners was born in Bluesky, Alberta on September 22, 1918. His family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin when he was five, and he went on to graduate valedictorian from Lincoln High School. He continued his education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he earned a Ph.D. under Norman Carter Fassett in 1943. He worked for the city of Milwaukee before moving to Dallas, Texas in 1945.<ref name="brit">{{cite journal |last1=Correll |first1=Donovan S. |title=Lloyd Herbert Shinners–A Portrait |journal=Brittonia |date=1971 |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=101–104 |doi=10.1007/BF02805075 |jstor=2805425 |s2cid=33732243 |issn=0007-196X}}</ref>
==Career== Shinners worked for the Southern Methodist University as a research assistant, before being placed in charge of the university's herbarium. In 1960, he attained a full professorship.<ref name="brit" /> Through his guidance, the herbarium grew from 20,000 specimens to over 340,000.<ref name="mah">{{cite journal |last1=Mahler |first1=W. F. |title=Lloyd Herbert Shinners 1918-1971 |journal=SIDA, Contributions to Botany |date=1971 |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=229–231 |jstor=41966409 |issn=0036-1488}}</ref> He was specifically interested in the Compositae.<ref name="brit" />
==Publications== Shinners authored 274 articles, and published a comprehensive 514 page Flora of north-central Texas.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Flook |first1=Jerry M. |title=Guide to the Botanical Contributions of Lloyd H. Shinners (1918-1971) |journal=SIDA, Contributions to Botany |date=1973 |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=137–179 |jstor=23909226 |issn=0036-1488}}</ref>
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==Eponyms== Shinners was the namesake of one genus, ''Shinnersia'',<ref>''Phytologia'' 19: 297 1970 (IK)</ref> and more than 15 species, including: *''Thelypodiopsis shinnersii'' <small>(M.C.Johnst.) Rollins</small><ref>''Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University'' 206: 13 1976 (IK)</ref> *''Ipomoea shinnersii'' <small>D.F.Austin</small><ref>''Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden'' 64 (2): 337, nom. Nov. 1978 (IK)</ref> *''Carex shinnersii'' <small>P.Rothr. & Reznicek</small><ref>''Novon'' 11 (2): 225. 2001 (IK)</ref>
==Legacy== Shinner's library of botanical books and collection of plant specimens formed the initial collections of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas in Fort Worth when it was founded in 1987.<ref name="Herbarium FWBG-BRIT">{{cite web |title=About the BRIT Herbarium |url=https://fwbg.org/research/herbarium/about-the-brit-herbarium/ |website=FWBG-BRIT |access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="BRIT-Library">{{cite web |title=About the Library |url=https://fwbg.org/research/library-special-collections/about-the-library/ |website=BRIT |access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref>
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==Further reading== *{{cite book |last1=Ginsburg |first1=Ruth |title=Lloyd Herbert Shinners: By Himself |date=2002 |publisher=Botanical Research Institute of Texas |isbn=978-1-889878-10-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OPrtwAEACAAJ |accessdate=26 July 2020 |language=en}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shinners, Lloyd Herbert}} Category:Botanists with author abbreviations Category:20th-century Canadian botanists Category:1918 births Category:1971 deaths Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Category:Southern Methodist University faculty Category:Canadian emigrants to the United States Category:20th-century American botanists