Annie Gravatt | |
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Born | 15 May 1894 |
Died | 18 May 1986 |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Annie Evelyn Rathbun |
Education | A.B., Brown University 1916; M.S., 1918 |
Spouse | George Gravatt |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Plant pathology |
Institutions | USDA |
Annie Gravatt (Annie Evelyn Rathbun) was an American forest pathologist. Her areas of research included plant physiology and white pine blister rust. She also studied Chestnut blight, the fungus that devastated American chestnut trees in the early 20th century. Along with her husband, George Gravatt, she founded the community of Scientists' Cliffs, Maryland.