Title

John Caspar Wister (1887-1982)

Authors

Andy Gwiazda, La Salle University

Files

Description

John Caspar Wister, who was, as the Philadelphia Inquirer so aptly described him, the "dean of horticulturists" in the UnitedStates, was born on March 19, 1887, to William Rotch Wister and Mary Rebecca Eustis in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.

Publication Date

1998

City

Philadelphia

Disciplines

American Material Culture | American Studies | Cultural History | History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Gwiazda, Andy, "John Caspar Wister (1887-1982)" (1998). People and Places. 12.
https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/people_places/12