Lester Whyland Sharp (April 21, 1887 in Saratoga Springs, New York[1] – July 17, 1961 in Nuevo, California) was an American botanist, a pioneer in cytogenetics.
[3] Barbara McClintock worked as a research assistant for Lowell Fitz Randolph and then for Lester W. Sharp, during her graduate studies.
He served on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Botany, Stain Technology and the Botanical Review.
The most notable examples are his retirement address as president of the Botanical Society entitled "A Nuclear Century", in which he lively reviews studies on the nucleus.
[7] Another one is a hoax presented together with graduate student, Cuthbert Fraser, about the most unusual bird from the Gobi Desert, Eoörnis pterovelox gobiensis,[8][9] which has later been numerously reprinted in the form of a PhD thesis, e.g., as.