Florence Hedges
Florence Hedges | |
|---|---|
 Hedges in 1915 | |
| Born | August 24, 1878 |
| Died | December 17, 1956 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Known for | Botany, Plant pathology |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | United States Department of Agriculture |
Florence Hedges (August 24, 1878 – December 17, 1956[1]) was a pioneering American plant pathologist and botanist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant Industry.[2]
Life and career
Hedges was born in Lansing, Michigan. She graduated from University of Michigan in 1901. Much of her work involved investigations into bacteria-induced plant disease.
With Erwin Frink Smith, she also translated the 1896 biography of Louis Pasteur by Émile Duclaux.[3]
She died in San Francisco, California.[4]
References
- ^ Ainsworth, Geoffrey Clough (1981). Introduction to the History of Plant Pathology. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521230322
- ^ Bailey, Liberty Hyde (1920). R.U.S. [Rural Uplook Service]: A Register of the Rural Leadership in the United States and Canada.
- ^ Smith, E. F., Hedges, F. (1920). Pasteur: The History of a Mind (orig. Pasteur, histoire d'un esprit). W. B. Saunders Co. ASIN: B003GEE4AE
- ^ Staff report (1957). Deaths. The Michigan Alumnus - Volume 63 - Page 252
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