Peter Henry Rolfs

Peter Henry Rolfs
Born	April 17, 1865
Died	1944
Alma mater	Iowa State University
Known for	Founding the Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Scientific career
Fields	Agriculture
Institutions	University of Florida

Peter Henry Rolfs (1865–1944) was a prominent Florida agronomist in the early 20th century. He directed the Florida Agriculture Experiment Station from 1905 to 1920, and from 1915 to 1920 served as the Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Florida. Rolfs then moved to Brazil to found the Universidade Federal de Viçosa in Viçosa, Minas Gerais.

Rolfs was the first to describe a common plant pathogen called Southern Blight, or Sclerotium rolfsii.

External links

• Biography in Portuguese at the UFV website.
• Peter Henry Rolfs collection at the University of Florida
• Peter Henry Rolfs Digital Collection with full, open access to archival materials held at the University of Florida