BIO: William A. BUCKHOUT, Centre County, Pennsylvania

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including the 
Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing Biographical 
Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc. 
Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1898.
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, pages 86-87

WILLIAM A. BUCKHOUT, M. S., professor of botany and horticulture at The 
Pennsylvania State College, Centre County, was born at Oswego, N.Y., December 
26, 1846. He attended the public schools of that place until 1864. In 1866 he 
entered the second class of Agricultural College, from which institution he was 
graduated in 1868, and that year returned to engage in post-graduate study of 
botany. From 

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1869 to 1871 he was occupied in farming at Oswego, N.Y. In the latter year he 
returned to Agricultural College, and was engaged as instructor in natural 
science, and later was elected professor of the same. In 1888 he was appointed, 
by the Governor, a member of the State Forestry Commission.
  On July 12, 1876, Prof. Buckhout was married to Miss Mary L. Harkness, of 
Philadelphia, and their children are: Albert T., Nathan W., William H., Margaret 
W. and Carolyn Reed.  
  Prof. Buckhout is the botanist of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the 
College, where a farm of one hundred acres is devoted to experiments upon crops, 
soils, etc., the results of which experiments are published in bulletins and 
distributed free by the Station.