Benjamin M. Duggar
Benjamin Minge Duggar (born September 1, 1872 in Gallion , Alabama , † September 10, 1956 in New Haven , Connecticut ) was an American botanist , mycologist , plant physiologist , phytopathologist and microbiologist . Its author's abbreviation is Duggar .
Life
Duggar studied at the University of Alabama and at Mississippi State University , where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1891 , at the Auburn Polytechnic Institute ( Master's 1892), with William Gilson Farlow and Roland Thaxter at Harvard University (Bachelor 1894, Master 1895) and with George Francis Atkinson at Cornell University ( Ph.D. 1898). He spent a year in Europe and then worked for the United States Department of Agriculture before at the 1902 University of Missouri Professor of Botany was, in 1907 at Cornell University, 1912 at the Washington University in St. Louis and 1927 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . In 1905/06 he spent a sabbatical year with Karl von Goebel in Munich, Eduard Strasburger in Bonn and Charles Flahault in Montpelier. In 1943 Duggar retired . He then worked in industry ( Lederle Laboratories ), for which he researched anti- malarial agents and in 1945, after a systematic search, discovered the antibiotic aureomycin ( chlortetracycline ).
Duggar was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1900 , a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1921, and of the National Academy of Sciences in 1927 . In 1923 he was President of the Botanical Society of America and in 1947 President of the American Society of Plant Physiologists . He received honorary doctorates from the following universities: University of Missouri (1944), Washington University in St. Louis (1953), University of Wisconsin (1956). In 1949 Charles Stuart-Harris nominated him for a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .
Benjamin M. Duggar married Marie L. Robertson in 1901, who died in 1922. His second marriage was to Elsie Rist. He had six children, five from his first marriage and one from his second marriage. His grave is in Oak Hill Cemetery in Nyack , New York .
Fonts (selection)
- Fungous Diseases of Plants (1909)
- Plant Physiology, With Special Reference to Plant Production (1911)
- Mushroom Growing (1915)
- Biological Effects of Radiation (1936)
literature
- JC Walker: Benjamin Minge Duggar 1872-1956. (PDF, 974 kB) In: Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. 1958
- JC Walker: Pioneer Leaders in Plant Pathology: Benjamin Minge Duggar. In: Annual Review of Phytopathology. 20, 1982, p. 33, doi: 10.1146 / annurev.py.20.090182.000341 .
- Duggar, Benjamin Minge (1872-1956). In: Frans A. Satfleu, Richard S. Cowan (Ed.): Taxonomic literature. Utrecht: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, 1976–1988. Suppl. VI (2000), p. 152.
Web links
- Benjamin Minge Duggar in the Find a Grave database . Accessed August 29, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ^ Benjamin M. Duggar. In: search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved August 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Benjamin Duggar. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved August 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Nomination Database: Benjamin M. Duggar. In: nobelprize.org. Accessed August 31, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duggar, Benjamin M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Duggar, Benjamin; Duggar, Benjamin Minge |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American botanist and microbiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gallion , Alabama |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1956 |
| Place of death | New Haven , Connecticut |