John Hunter Thomas

John Hunter Thomas (March 26, 1928 – July 20, 1999) was an American botanist and professor of biological sciences at Stanford University.

Quotes

 * Many people are more apt to conserve the things they know about than to conserve the things that are foreign to them. This flora will, I hope, acquaint at least a few more people with the plants around them and perhaps thus serve as a stimulus, however slight, toward more permanent protection of our environment.
 * From the preface to Flora of the Santa Cruz Mountains of California (1962). As cited in Quinn, Charles (2006). A Nature Guide to the Southwest Tahoe Basin. p. xvii. ISBN 0-9708895-4-2.