George Smith (mycologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George Smith (mycologist)

British mycologist and botanist

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1895

Place of Birth: Great Harwood, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 29-Mar-1967

Profession: botanist, mycologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About George Smith (mycologist)

  • George Smith (15 December 1895 – 29 March 1967) was a British mycologist.
  • Born in Great Harwood (Lancashire, England), he graduated from the University of Manchester in 1916 with first-class honours, and received his Master's degree in chemistry two years later.
  • After starting a laboratory with the textile manufacturing company Boardman and Baron Ltd.
  • in 1919, he began to study the mildew and moulds that grew on goods made from cotton.Smith began employment with the Biochemistry Department of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and worked there until his retirement in 1961.
  • He is known for his monographs on the fungal genera Paecilomyces and Scopulariopsis.
  • Smith also wrote a popular textbook, Introduction to Industrial Mycology, first published in 1939, that was reprinted six times.
  • Smith was the President of the British Mycological Society in 1945, and its foray secretary in 1947 and in 1951–52.

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