C. P. Lyons

C. P. Lyons
Born	1915 Near Regina, Saskatchewan
Died	December 20, 1998(1998-12-20) (aged 83) Hawaii
Citizenship	Canadian
Alma mater	University of British Columbia
Period	1950 - 1997
Genres	Natural History
Notable work(s)	Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers to Know in British Columbia

Chester Peter "Chess" Lyons (1915 - December 20, 1998) was a Canadian outdoorsman and natural historian. The author of several books on the flora and landscape of the Pacific Northwest, Lyons is best known for his popular and widely-cited botanical field guides.^[1]

Bibliography

Milestones on the Mighty Fraser (Dent, 1950; Vancouver: Evergreen Press, 1958).

Trees, Shrubs and Flowers to Know in British Columbia, 1952.

Trees, Shrubs and Flowers to Know in Washington, 1956.

Trees, Shrubs and Flowers to Know in Washington and British Columbia, 1995 (with Bill Merilees).

Milestones in Ogopogo Land: In Which the Many Wonders of the Land of Ogopogo and Sunshine Are Revealed. Evergreen Press, 1957.

Milestones on Vancouver Island: the Story of This Island to the West, Its Past and Its Present. Evergreen Press, 1958.

Milestones in Ogopogo Land. Foremost Publishing Co. Ltd., 1970

Okanagan Valley. Heritage House Pub. Co., 1985.

Fraser and Thompson River Canyons (Surrey: Heritage House, 1986).

Wildflowers of Washington, 1997.

References

1. ^ "Botanical Electronic News - BEN #212". http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben212.html. 

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Name	Lyons, C. P.
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Date of birth	1915-0-0
Place of birth	Near Regina, Saskatchewan
Date of death	December 20, 1998
Place of death	Hawaii