John Hubert Craigie
| John Hubert Craigie | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 8, 1887 |
| Died | February 26, 1989 (aged 101) |
| Fields | Plant pathology |
| Known for | Research and development of rust resistant cereals |
| Notable awards | Order of Canada |
John Hubert Craigie, OC, FRS, FRSC[1] (December 8, 1887 – February 26, 1989) was a Canadian plant pathologist. He is known for his "research and development of rust resistant cereals which have been of vital significance to Canada as a cereal producing nation".[2]
Born in Merigomish, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Craigie studied at Harvard University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Manitoba. He was a founding member of the Dominion Rust Research Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1925. In 1930, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba. In 1926, he published "Discovery of the Function of the Pycnia of the Rust Fungi"[3]. From 1928 to 1945, he was in charge of the plant pathology section of the lab. From 1945 to 1952, he was the Dominion Botanist for the Department of Agriculture.[4]
[edit] Honours
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1967. In 1952, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society.[1] He was awarded honorary degrees from the University of British Columbia (1946), the University of Saskatchewan (1948), Dalhousie University (1951), and the University of Manitoba (1959). He was a charter member of the Canadian Phytopathological Society.[4] In 1942, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Flavelle Medal. In 1930, he was awarded the International Society for Plant Pathology's Jakob Eriksson Prize.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Sackston, W. E. (1994). "John Hubert Craigie. 8 December 1887-26 February 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 39: 130–126. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1994.0008.
- ^ "Order of Canada citation". http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=358.
- ^ Craigie, J. H. (1927). "Discovery of the Function of the Pycnia of the Rust Fungi". Nature 120 (3030): 765. doi:10.1038/120765a0.
- ^ a b J. W. Martens (1987). "John Hubert Craigie: Our Centenarian Pathologist". Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 9: 416–417. http://www.cps-scp.ca/download/cjpp-archive/Vol9/CJPP9(4)416-417(1987).pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ^ "Jakob Eriksson Prize". http://www.isppweb.org/about_eriksson.asp.
