About John Kunkel Small
John Kunkel Small (January 31, 1869 – January 20, 1938) was a botanist who studied plants in the southeastern United States, published exsiccatae and wrote a book about the deterioration of habitats in Florida. He was from Pennsylvania and brought his family on some of his expeditions. Small was an early botanical explorer of Florida, documenting many species for the first time, although the flora and fauna were well known to the local Seminole people. After his first graduation in 1895, he became a special agent for the Georgia Geological Survey. Then, returning to Columbia University, he became the first Curator of Museums at the New York Botanical Garden, a post at which he served from 1898 until 1906.
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