Mary K. Bryan
Mary K. Bryan | |
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| Born | February 13, 1877 Prince George's County, Maryland |
| Died | February 22, 1962 (aged 85) Napa, California |
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| Fields | Botany, Phytopathology |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Bryan |
Mary Katherine Bryan (February 13, 1877 – February 22, 1962) was an American botanist and phytopathologist.[1] Much of her research involved leaf spots and cankers caused by bacteria.[2][3]
Life and career
[edit]Bryan was born in Prince George's County, Maryland, on February 13, 1877. She earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 1908.[4] She worked at the Bureau of Plant Industry in the United States Department of Agriculture as a scientific assistant and assistant pathologist from 1909 to 1918.[5]
She and Nellie A. Brown worked for Erwin Frink Smith.[6]
Bryan died on February 22, 1962, in Napa, California.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Harvey, Joy; Ogilvie, Marilyn (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-Twentieth Century, Volume 1. Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9780203801451
- ^ Bryan, Mary K. (1930). "Studies on bacterial canker of Tomato". Journal of Agricultural Research. 41 (12). Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ Bryan, Mary K. (1926). "Bacterial Leafspot on Hubbard Squash". Science. 63 (1623): 165. Bibcode:1926Sci....63..165B. doi:10.1126/science.63.1623.165. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17735959.
- ^ Cattell, Jaques (1921). American Men of Science: A Biographical Directory. Bowker. p. 95.
- ^ Staff report (July 21, 1929). Farm News of the Great Southwest. Los Angeles Times
- ^ Ainsworth, Geoffrey Clough (1981). Introduction to the History of Plant Pathology. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521230322
- ^ "Person Details for Mary K Bryan, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"". FamilySearch.org.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Bryan.
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