Wilbur Howard Duncan (October 15, 1910 – March 25, 2005)[1][2] was a botany professor at the University of Georgia for 40 years where he oversaw an expansion in the school's herbarium collection and described three new plant species.

Duncan also authored several books on plant species of the Eastern and Southeastern United States.

[1] During World War II, Duncan served in the United States Public Health Service, in which he earned the rank of Major.

[1] His duties during this period included directing mosquito control for Charleston, South Carolina and serving as state entomologist for Kentucky.

[1] Duncan is the botanical authority who first described three plant species: Quercus oglethorpensis, Trillium persistens, and Baptisia arachnifera.