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Flora Wambaugh Patterson
Patterson at microscope
BornSeptember 15, 1847
Columbus, Ohio, US
DiedFebruary 5, 1928
New York City, US
Alma mater
  • Antioch College
  • Ohio Wesleyan Female College
  • Radcliffe College
Occupation(s)Plant pathologist, mycologist

Flora Wambaugh Patterson (September 15, 1847–February 5, 1928)[1][2][3] was an American mycologist, and the first female plant pathologist hired by the United States Department of Agriculture.[4] She ran the US National Fungus Collections for almost thirty years, radically growing the collection and shaping its direction. Patterson herself or staff under her direction discovered numerous significant fungal diseases of plants.[1]

  1. ^ a b Creese, Mary R. S. (1998). Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900. Scarecrow Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-585-27684-7.
  2. ^ The Official Record of the United States Department of Agriculture. Vol. 7. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1928. p. 4.
  3. ^ "Who's who in America". 1923.
  4. ^ Rossman, A. Y. (2002). "Flora W. Patterson: The First Woman Mycologist at the USDA". The Plant Health Instructor. doi:10.1094/PHI-I-2002-0815-01. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27.

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