American botanist and pteridologist (1930-2001).
Richard L. Hauke (1930-2017) was for many years a Professor of Botany at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island. He was considered one of the world's leading experts on the plants known as horsetails (Equisetum spp.) Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1930. B.S. in Biological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1952 M.S. in Botany, University of California, Berkeley, 1954 PhD in Botany, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1960 Professor at University of Rhode Island, Kingston, 1959-1989 sabbaticals in Costa Rica, Jordan and Kenya After Hauke's retirement, his plant specime