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American botanist (1877–1926)
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
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
^
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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