John Charles Walker (July 6, 1893 – November 25, 1994) was an American agricultural scientist noted for his research of plant disease resistance.
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said that Walker's "pioneering research in disease resistance in plants had a strong impact on world agriculture" and that Walker "was the first scientist to demonstrate the chemical nature of disease resistance in plants". Walker is most known for developing disease-resistant varieties of onions, cabbages, beans, peas, beets and cucumbers. The

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said that he was considered "one of the world's greatest plant pathologists" and that "his fundamental discoveries of plant disease resistance made a lasting impact on world agriculture". Walker was professor emeritus at the

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. He was also president and a fellow of The American Phytopathological Society and received the APS Award of Distinction.

Distinctions

* 1945: elected to the

* 1960: an honorary doctor of science,

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* 1963: the Merit Award, the

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* 1965: a fellow, the American Phytopathological Society * 1970: Award of Distinction, the American Phytopathological Society * 1972: E. C. Stakeman Award, The

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* 1978: the $50,000 Wolf Foundation Prize in Agriculture in

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Chronology

* July 6, 1893: born in

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* 1914: B.S., the

* 1915: M.S., the

* 1918: Ph.D., the

* November 25, 1994: died Boswell Memorial Hospital in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, John Charles 1893 births 1994 deaths American centenarians Men centenarians American phytopathologists University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Wolf Prize in Agriculture laureates People from Racine, Wisconsin American agriculturalists 20th-century agronomists