Bernard Ogilvie Dodge

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Bernard Ogilvie Dodge

American botanist

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Last Updated: Feb 27, 2024 • Article History

Category: Science & Tech

Born:: April 18, 1872, Mauston, Wis., U.S.

Died:: Aug. 9, 1960, New York, N.Y. (aged 88)

Subjects Of Study:: plant; Neurospora; fungus; heredity; plant pathology

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Bernard Ogilvie Dodge (born April 18, 1872, Mauston, Wis., U.S.—died Aug. 9, 1960, New York, N.Y.) was an American botanist and pioneer researcher on heredity in fungi. After completing high school (1892), Dodge taught in district schools and eventually became a high school principal. At the age of 28 he resumed his formal education at the Milwaukee Normal School. He obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1909, where he was much influenced by R.A. Harper, an eminent botanist who was soon to become professor of botany at Columbia University. As a consequence, Dodge moved to ...(100 of 309 words)

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