Harry Baker Humphrey (1873–1955) was an American
botanist
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.
[Makers of American Botany, Harry Baker Humphrey, Ronald Press Company, Library of Congress Card Number 61-18435] He was a
pathologist
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with the
USDA
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, specializing on research on breeding resistance to
grain smut, and president of the
American Phytopathological Society
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.
His posthumously published book ''Makers of North American Botany'' (1961) contains 121 brief biographies of outstanding botanists active in North America.
References
American botanists
1873 births
1955 deaths
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