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Joan Moore (phytopathologist)
Frances Joan Harvey Moore, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE (known as Joan Moore; 1920 – 28 February 1986) was a British plant pathologist, science administrator and Conservation movement, conservationist. Early life and education Moore went to the City of London School for Girls and Maynard School, Exeter. She attended the University College of the South West (later the University of Exeter) for a year, and in 1940 went to University College London, which had relocated to Bangor, Gwynedd, Bangor during the Second World War. She graduated in botany with an upper second in 1942. Career Moore joined the Rothamsted Experimental Station in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, as a plant pathologist immediately after graduation, at first as a voluntary assistant, joining the staff in 1944. She initially worked on Eyespot (wheat), eyespot disease of wheat under Mary Dilys Glynne. She then worked under S. D. Garrett on fungal rot affecting stored potatoes, receiving a PhD from Im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Joan Harvey Moore
Frances Joan Harvey Moore, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE (known as Joan Moore; 1920 – 28 February 1986) was a British plant pathologist, science administrator and Conservation movement, conservationist. Early life and education Moore went to the City of London School for Girls and Maynard School, Exeter. She attended the University College of the South West (later the University of Exeter) for a year, and in 1940 went to University College London, which had relocated to Bangor, Gwynedd, Bangor during the Second World War. She graduated in botany with an upper second in 1942. Career Moore joined the Rothamsted Experimental Station in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, as a plant pathologist immediately after graduation, at first as a voluntary assistant, joining the staff in 1944. She initially worked on Eyespot (wheat), eyespot disease of wheat under Mary Dilys Glynne. She then worked under S. D. Garrett on fungal rot affecting stored potatoes, receiving a PhD from Im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |