Cecil Terence Ingold, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Cecil Terence Ingold

British biologist

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1905

Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Date of Death: 31-May-2010

Profession: university teacher, botanist, mycologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Cecil Terence Ingold (5 July 1905 – 31 May 2010) was "one of the most influential mycologists of the twentieth century".
He was president of the British Mycological Society where he organised the first international congress of mycologists.
An entire class of aquatic fungi within the Pleosporales, the Ingoldian fungi, were named after him, although recent DNA studies are changing the scientific names.