Edward Monroe Freeman  Edward Monroe Freeman (February 12, 1875 – February 5, 1954) was an American botanist, born at St. Paul. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1898 and did graduate work there and at Cambridge. He became professor of botany and plant pathology at the University of Minnesota in 1908 and dean of the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics at that university. Professor Freeman is the author of "Minnesota Plant Diseases".