Claude Wilbur Edgerton, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1880
Date of Death: 06-Apr-1965
Profession: mycologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Claude Wilbur Edgerton
- Claude Wilbur Edgerton (9 March 1880–April 6, 1965) was an American mycologist.
- He was born in Woodbine, Iowa, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska in 1903, and a PhD from Cornell University in 1908.
- After this he was employed at Louisiana State University, initially as a plant pathologist in the Agricultural Research Station, and later as Professor and then Head of Botany, Bacteriology, and Plant Pathology in 1924.
- Edgerton had this position until his retirement in 1950.
- He was known for his study of sugarcane diseases; his teaching materials formed the basis of the book Sugarcane and Its Diseases, first published in 1955 after his retirement.
- Species named in honor of Edgerton include Cryptosporiopsis edgertonii and Synchytrium edgertonii.
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