Home Scientists Erling Porsild Erling Porsild Scientist Alf Erling Porsild (1901-1977) was a Danish-Canadian botanist. Personal facts Birth dateJanuary 17, 1901 Birth placeCopenhagen , Denmark NationalityDenmark Date of deathNovember 14, 1977 Place of deathVienna , Austria Known forFloraPingo facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Scientist awardsMassey Medal Field of studyBotany Topical connections Aage BohrScientist James Archibald HoustonWriter Éva TardosScientist Uffe PedersenSports manager Carsten OlsenScientist Anders Sandøe Ørsted Scientist Eugenius WarmingScientist David McCurdy BairdScientist Arthur Henry Reginald BullerScientist Áskell LöveScientist Erling Porsild on Wikipedia Erling Porsild External resources http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.158.3797.113 http://ia331337.us.archive.org/0/items/canadianfieldnat1941otta/canadianfieldnat1941otta.pdf http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic6-1-15.pdf http://www.doabooks.org/doab?func=search&query=rid:15363 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1786857