Frank Shipley Collins (1848–1920) was an American botanist and algologist specializing in the study of marine algae.[1]^: 55–6 He was a pioneer in the study of the distribution of algae on the Atlantic seaboard and Bermudas and was the leading American algologist of his time.[1]^: 55–6 He wrote The Green Algae of North America and Working Key to the Genera of North American Algae.[1]^: 56 Several species bear his name in his honor, including Collinsiella tuberculata (green algae in the order Ulotrichales),[2] and Phaeosaccion collinsii.[1]^: 56

References

• Setchell, William Albert (1925). "Frank Shipley Collins 1848-1920". American Journal of Botany. 12 (1): 54–62. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1925.tb05811.x. JSTOR 2435596.
• Setchell, William Albert (1933). "Frank Shipley Collins (1848-1920)". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 68 (13): 615–618. JSTOR 20022980.

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