American botanist (1891-1977).
George Safford Torrey (1891 – 1977) was an American botanist who taught at the University of Connecticut for forty-one years (1915-1956) and chaired the botany department for twenty-four of those years (1929-1953). Dedicated in 1980, UConn's George Safford Torrey Life Sciences Building was named in his honor. So is the George Safford Torrey Herbarium. Born in 1891 in Dorchester, Boston, Torrey attended Phillips Andover Academy, graduating in 1909. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College in 1913, a Master of Arts in botany from Harvard University in 1915, and a diplome d'Etud