Name George Zundel | Died 1950 | |
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George Lorenzo Ingram Zundel (Brigham City, Utah, December 23, 1885 – March 10, 1950) was an American mycologist, phycologist, and plant pathologist.
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Biography
He studied at Brigham Young University in 1909, and afterwards at the Agricultural College of Utah (now Utah State University), where in 1911, he received a degree. He taught botany at the university, and middle school biology in Brigham City. In 1913 he moved to New York and two years later received a M.Sc. from Cornell University. In 1926 he began studying at Yale University; where he defended a doctoral thesis, dedicated to Ustilaginomycetes. From 1928-1946, he worked at the University of Pennsylvania, and then retired for health reasons. Zundel died March 10, 1950 in Brigham City.
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The standard author abbreviation Zundel is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.