Reginald Heber Howe, Jr. (April 10, 1875 – 28 January 1932)[2] was an American naturalist and preparatory school science teacher.

Reginald Heber Howe, Jr., born on April 10, 1875, in Quincy, Massachusetts, was the second child of a prominent Episcopalian minister of the same name.

[4] The early life of Reginald Heber Howe, Jr., was predominantly spent in the Longwood area of Brookline, known for its grand mansions.

[3] During his academic years, Howe demonstrated a prolific interest in the natural sciences, publishing several articles.

[3] In this excursion, Howe and his wide took a boat to Newfoundland and collected lichens there for month, before sailing for England.

The saga, revealed through archived correspondence, involved other prominent odonatologists and exposed the personality clashes and competing interests among specialists in the field.

As he sat at his desk, clad in his sportscoat, knickerbockers and golf stockings of the period, he would rub his mustache as he listened patiently or spoke – always in moderate tones – with boy or master.

[3] The lichen Vermilacinia howei was named in his honor in 1996, for his contributions to lichenology and to acknowledge his efforts in providing images of the type specimens in his revision of the genus Ramalina.