Siri Sylvia Patricia von Reis (February 10, 1931 – August 3, 2021)[1][2] was an American botanist, author and poet of half-Finnish and half-Swedish ancestry.[3] She was also an investigator at the New York Botanical Garden.

Siri von Reis
Siri von Reis in 2011 at the Metropolitan Room in Manhattan
Born	Siri Sylvia Patricia von Reis (1931-02-10)February 10, 1931
Died	August 3, 2021(2021-08-03) (aged 90)
Nationality	American
Occupation	botanist, author, and poet
Spouse(s)	Arthur Altschul (m. 1963; div. 1972)
Children	3, including Serena Altschul

Personal life

She was married to Jewish American banker Arthur Goodhart Altschul, a Goldman Sachs Group partner and member of the Lehman banking family.[5] They had three children together, Arthur Jr. (born 1964), Emily Helen (born 1966), and broadcast journalist Serena Altschul (born 1970), before their divorce in 1972.[5]

References

Bibliography

• Schultes, R.E.; Altschul, S. 2005: Ethnobotany: The Evolution of a Discipline
• Reis, Siri von 2001: The Love-Suicides at Sonezaki and other poems
• Altschul, S.; Lipp, F.J.Jr. 1982: New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium
• Altschul, S. 1977: Exploring the Herbarium.
• Altschul, S. 1975. Drugs & Foods From Little-Known Plants - Notes in Harvard University Herbaria
• Altschul, S. 1972: The Genus Anadenanthera in Amerindian Cultures

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