John Hubert Craigie,
(December 8, 1887 – February 26, 1989) was a
Canadian
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plant pathologist
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. He is known for his "research and development of
rust
Rust is an iron oxide, a usually reddish-brown oxide formed by the reaction of iron and oxygen in the catalytic presence of water or air moisture. Rust consists of hydrous iron(III) oxides (Fe2O3·nH2O) and iron(III) oxide-hydroxide (FeO(OH ...
-resistant
cereals
A cereal is any grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grain crops are grown in greater quantities and provide more food en ...
which have been of vital significance to Canada as a cereal producing nation."
Biography
Born in Merigomish,
Pictou County
Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835. It had a population of 43,657 people in 2021, a decline of 0.2 percent from 2016. Furthermo ...
,
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
, Craigie studied at
Harvard University
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, the
University of Minnesota
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, and the
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.[Dominion Rust Research Laboratory The Cereal Research Centre was a research institute established in 1925 based at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. It became part of a national network of research centres operated by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Its research led to the ...](_blank)
in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1925. In 1930, he received a
Ph.D.
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from the University of Manitoba. In 1926, he published "Discovery of the Function of the Pycnia of the Rust Fungi." From 1928 to 1945, he was in charge of the plant pathology section of the lab. From 1945 to 1952, he was the Dominion Botanist for the Department of Agriculture.
Honours
In 1952, he was made a Fellow of the
Royal Society
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.
While a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
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, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada
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To coincide with the ...
in 1967. He was awarded honorary degrees from the University of British Columbia (1946), the University of Saskatchewan (1948), Dalhousie University (1951), and the University of Manitoba (1959). He was a charter member of the Canadian Phytopathological Society.
In 1942, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's
Flavelle Medal
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. In 1930, he was awarded the International Society for Plant Pathology's Jakob Eriksson Prize.
References
External links
John Hubert Craigieat
The Canadian Encyclopedia
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Available fo ...
1887 births
1989 deaths
20th-century Canadian botanists
Canadian centenarians
Men centenarians
Fellows of the Royal Society
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Officers of the Order of Canada
Canadian phytopathologists
People from Pictou County
University of Manitoba alumni
Harvard University alumni
University of Minnesota alumni
Canadian expatriates in the United States
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