Thomas Harper Goodspeed

American botanist specializing in the genetics of species nicotiana (1887–1966).

Thomas Harper Goodspeed (17 May 1887 Hartford, Connecticut - 17 May 1966 Calistoga California) was a botanist specializing in the genetics of species Nicotiana. He was the director of the University of California Botanical Garden from 1919 to 1957. Under the direction of Goodspeed and University of California landscape architect, John William Gregg, the garden was moved from its location on the central campus to its current site in Strawberry Canyon in the hills above the campus. Among his doctoral advisees was the plant anatomist Katherine Esau. As director of the UCBG, Goodspeed led several