User:Daniel Mietchen/Sandbox/Erwin Frink Smith

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  • Co-described Agrobacterium tumefaciens, together with Charles Orrin Townsend,[1] one of his assistants while "pathologist-in-charge" for plant pathology at the U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Another assistant was Clara Henriette Hasse
  • Mentioned in Harem effect (science) as "a USDA plant pathologist, hired more than twenty female assistants at the agency to study various agricultural problems in the late 19th and early 20th century.[2]"
  • Also mentioned in Plant pathology: "* Erwin Frink Smith Papers Index to papers of Smith (1854–1927) who was considered the "father of bacterial plant pathology" and worked for the United States Department of Agriculture for over 40 years."
  • Mentioned in List of bacterial genera named after personal names: Erwinia: Erwin Frink Smith, an American bacteriologist.
  • Erwinia " was named for the first phytobacteriologist, Erwin Smith"
  • Mentioned in List of taxonomic authorities named Smith: "Erwin Frink Smith (E.F.Sm., 1854–1927), a bacteriologist"
  • Biography[3]
  • Other biography in Erwin Frink Smith : a story of North American plant pathology (1952)
  • Other biography in L. R. Jones, “Biographical Memoir of Erwin Frink Smith,” in Biographical Memoirs. National Academy of Sciences, 21 (1939). 1–71, with portrait, synopsis of researches, and bibliography: Lewis Ralph Jones. http://books.google.de/books/about/Biographical_Memoir_of_Erwin_Frink_Smith.html?id=Q673SQAACAAJ / http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/esmith21.pdf (Google cache)
  • Mentioned in http://orton.catie.ac.cr/repdoc/A1949I/A1949I.PDF and [4]
  • More materials in
    • http://archive.asm.org/index.php/membership/smith-erwin-frink.html (WebCite)
    • http://books.google.de/books/about/The_Fischer_Smith_controversy.html?id=ucZfAAAAMAAJ
    • Kelman, A. (1995). "Contributions of Plant Pathology to the Biological Sciences and Industry". Annual Review of Phytopathology. 33: 1–23. doi:10.1146/annurev.py.33.090195.000245. PMID 18999957. (cites "Fischer-Smith Controversy: Are There Bacterial Diseases of Plants?")
    • Sequeira, L. (2000). "LEGACY FOR THEMILLENNIUM: A Century of Progress in Plant Pathology". Annual Review of Phytopathology. 38: 1–17. doi:10.1146/annurev.phyto.38.1.1. PMID 11701833. (cites "Fischer-Smith Controversy: Are There Bacterial Diseases of Plants?")
    • Google Books search


References[edit]

  1. ^ Smith, E. F.; Townsend, C. O. (1907). "A Plant-Tumor of Bacterial Origin". Science. 25 (643): 671–673. doi:10.1126/science.25.643.671. PMID 17746161.
  2. ^ Margaret W. Rossiter, "Women Scientists in the United States Before 1920," American Scientist 62 (1974).
  3. ^ Campbell, C. L. (1983). "Erwin Frink Smith—Pioneer Plant Pathologist". Annual Review of Phytopathology. 21: 21–27. doi:10.1146/annurev.py.21.090183.000321. PMID 20735335.
  4. ^ Starr, M. P. (1984). "Landmarks in the Development of Phytobacteriology". Annual Review of Phytopathology. 22: 169–188. doi:10.1146/annurev.py.22.090184.001125.
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