U.s. botanist (1917–2007).
Verne Edwin Grant (October 17, 1917 – May 29, 2007) was an American botanist and writer. Grant was born to Edwin and Bessie Grant on October 17, 1917, in San Francisco, California. He married Alva Georgia Day in 1942. They had two children, Brian Grant and Brenda Grant. Following a divorce in 1959, he married Karen Susan Alt and they stayed married for the rest of his life. In 1940 he received his BA in Botany and in 1949 his PhD in Botany and Genetics from the University of California, Berkeley. He was the Professor of Botany for the University of Texas at Austin from 1970 to 1987. His book T