Oakes Ames (botanist)

Oakes Ames
Born	(1874-09-26)September 26, 1874 Massachusetts, US
Died	April 28, 1950(1950-04-28) (aged 75) Ormond Beach, Florida, US
Alma mater	Harvard University
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	Harvard University

Oakes Ames (/eɪmz/; September 26, 1874 – April 28, 1950) was an American biologist specializing in orchids.^[1] His estate is now the Borderland State Park in Massachusetts. He was the son of Governor of Massachusetts Oliver Ames and grandson of Congressman Oakes Ames.