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Louise Jensen Stakman
Born(1888-05-25)May 25, 1888
Minneapolis, Minnesota
DiedJanuary 10, 1962(1962-01-10) (aged 73)
Resting placeSunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
NationalityAmerican
Other namesLouise Jensen
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota, Smith College
Scientific career
FieldsPlant pathology

Estelle Louise Jensen (25 May 1888 – 10 January 1962) was an American plant pathologist. She was also known as Louise Jensen.

Education, family, and career

Estelle Louise Jensen was born on 25 May 1888 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1] She received an A.B. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1909 and an A.M. degree from Smith College in 1910. From 1912 to 1913, she was a xylotomist for the recently-formed Forest Products Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture. During the period 1913–1917, she was an instructor in mycology for the University of Minnesota and a researcher at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. Her research interests included imperfect fungi that are pathogens of cereals.[2]

Louise Jensen married Elvin C. Stakman in 1917. The couple had no children.[3] She died suddenly and unexpectedly on 10 January 1962. Louise Jensen Stakman is buried at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Minneapolis.[3][4]

Selected publications

  • Stakman, Louise J. (July 1920). A Helminthosporium Disease of Wheat and Rye. Bulletin. Vol. 191. St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station.
  • Stakman, Louise J. (1923). "Some fungi causing root and foot rots of cereals". Studies in Plant Science. University of Minnesota: 140–153.

References

  1. ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2000), The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science, vol. 1, New York, NY: Routledge, p. 656 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  2. ^ Bailey (1994), pp. 184–185.
  3. ^ a b Christensen, C. M. (1992). "Elvin Charles Stakman, 1885-1979". Biographical Memoirs. 61. Washington, DC: National Academy Press: 331–349.
  4. ^ "Louise Jensen Stakman". Find a Grave. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

Bibliography

  • Bailey, Martha J., ed. (1994), "Jensen, (Estelle) Louise", American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary, Denver, CO: ABC-CLIO, pp. 184–185, ISBN 0-87436-740-9 {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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