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Liberty Hyde Bailey (March 15, 1858 – December 25, 1954) was an American horticulturist and reformer of rural life. He was cofounder of the American Society for Horticultural Science . [ 1 ] : 10–15 As an energetic reformer during the Progressive Era , he was instrumental in starting agricultural extension services, the 4-H movement, the ...
Harold E. Moore, Jr. (1917–1980), a botanist at the L. H. Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University, began his work on palms in 1948 with the encouragement of Bailey himself, who was then 90 years old. Bailey had wanted to create a "Genera Palmarum", a proper delineation of the palm family and all the genera within it. When Bailey died in 1954 ...
Ethel Zoe Bailey was born on November 17, 1889 [1] to her mother and father, botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey. [2] She graduated from Smith College in 1911 with her bachelor's degree in zoology, [2] and afterward worked at Cornell University alongside her father, editing several of his publications, including Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture and Manual of Cultivated Plants.
The signature of Lou Gehrig indicating his membership into Phi Delta Theta This is a list of prominent alumni of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Names are listed followed by the school attended and their graduation year. Academia Liberty Hyde Bailey, Michigan State University, 1882 – horticulturist, botanist, father of modern horticulture Guy Potter Benton, Ohio Wesleyan, 1886 – president ...
Cornell University professor Liberty Hyde Bailey was appointed chairman of the commission. Other members of the commission included agricultural scientist and sociologist Kenyon L. Butterfield , forester Gifford Pinchot , and "Uncle" Henry Wallace (1836-1916), co-founder and editor of the nationally influential magazine Wallaces' Farmer . [ 4 ] ("
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
In 1858, Liberty Hyde Bailey was born in this house; the younger Bailey spent 19 years living here, learning about the local wild animals and plants. [2] He entered Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University ) in 1878, and went on to become a well-known horticulturist , botanist and cofounder of the American Society for ...
Jagendorf then returned to Cornell University as professor of plant physiology, and in 1981 became the Liberty Hyde Baily Professor. Since 1997 Jagendorf has been the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Emeritus in the Department of Plant Biology and was actively doing research and mentoring young scientists until days before his death. [9] [10] [11]