Author abbrev. (botany) | Name Mary Bryan | |
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Died February 22, 1962(1962-02-22) (aged 85)
Napa, California | ||
Mary Katherine Bryan (1877 – 1962) was an American botanist and phytopathologist. Much of her research involved leaf spots and cankers caused by bacteria.
Life and career
Bryan was born in Prince George's County, Maryland on February 13, 1877. She earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 1908. She worked at the Bureau of Plant Industry in the United States Department of Agriculture, as a scientific assistant and assistant pathologist from 1909 to 1918.
She and Nellie A. Brown worked for Erwin Frink Smith.
Bryan died on February 22, 1962 in Napa, California.
References
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