Biography:

Botanist, Geographer. Born– August 11, 1878, in Farmington, Maine. Parents– William and Bertha (Tauber) Harper. Education– University of Georgia, B.E., 1897; Columbia University, Ph.D., 1905.  Married– Mary Susan Wigley on June 23, 1943. Served as Aide, National Herbarium, 1901-1902; forester, Geological Survey of Georgia, 1903-1904; geographer, Geological Survey of Alabama, 1905 until his death in 1966. He was also associated with Geological Survey of Florida, 1908-1931; headed Florida State Census, 1925; Alabama State Commission of Forestry, 1927; research professor, University of Georgia, 1928-1929. Noted Discovered one plant genus and 25 plant species. Member of American Association of Geographers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ecological Society of America, Southern Historical Association. Honorary Sc D., University of Georgia, 1929. Died April 30, 1966.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online; Encyclopedia of Alabama

Publication(s):

Economic Botany of Alabama. 2 vols. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Geological (partial list) Survey of Alabama, 1943.

Forests of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Geological Survey of Alabama, 1943.

Miscellaneous papers on Georgia Plants.  Contributions from the Department of Botany at Columbia University, 1900-1906.

Natural Resources of the Tennessee Valley Region in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Geological Survey of Alabama, 1942.

Preliminary Reports on the Peat Deposits of Florida.  Tallahassee:  State Geological Survey, 1910.

Preliminary Report on the Weeds of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Geological Survey of Alabama, 1941.

Resources of Southern Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Geological Survey of Alabama, 1920.

Statistics of Mineral Production in Alabama, 1926 to 1938.  Alabama Geological Survey, 1940.

Joint_Publication(s):

History and Work of the Geological Survey and Industrial Development of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Geological Survey of Alabama, 1935.

Papers;

A collection of the papers of Roland Harper is held by the W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama.