John Hubert Craigie
| John Hubert Craigie | |
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| Born | December 8, 1887 |
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| Fields | Plant pathology |
| Known for | Research and development of rust resistant cereals |
| Notable awards | Flavelle Medal (1942) Order of Canada |
John Hubert Craigie, OC FRS FRSC [1] (December 8, 1887 – February 26, 1989) was a Canadian plant pathologist. He is known for his "research and development of rust resistant cereals which have been of vital significance to Canada as a cereal producing nation".[2]
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Biography
Born in Merigomish, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Craigie studied at Harvard University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Manitoba. He was a founding member of the Dominion Rust Research Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1925. In 1930, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba. In 1926, he published "Discovery of the Function of the Pycnia of the Rust Fungi".[3] From 1928 to 1945, he was in charge of the plant pathology section of the lab. From 1945 to 1952, he was the Dominion Botanist for the Department of Agriculture.[4]
Honours
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1967. In 1952, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society.[1] He was awarded honorary degrees from the University of British Columbia (1946), the University of Saskatchewan (1948), Dalhousie University (1951), and the University of Manitoba (1959). He was a charter member of the Canadian Phytopathological Society.[4] In 1942, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Flavelle Medal. In 1930, he was awarded the International Society for Plant Pathology's Jakob Eriksson Prize.[5]
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- 1887 births
- 1989 deaths
- Canadian botanists
- Canadian centenarians
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- Canadian phytopathologists
- People from Pictou County, Nova Scotia
- University of Manitoba alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- University of Minnesota alumni
