Sir Edwin John Butler | |
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.png) Edwin John Butler, 1930s | |
| Born | 13 August 1874 Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland |
| Died | 4 April 1943 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Known for | Contributions to mycology and plant pathology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mycology, Plant pathology |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | E.J.Butler |
Sir Edwin John Butler CMG CIE FRS[1] (13 August 1874 – 4 April 1943) was an Irish mycologist and plant pathologist. He became the Imperial Mycologist in India and later the first director of the Imperial Bureau of Mycology in England. He was knighted in 1939.[2][3] During his twenty years in India, he began large scale surveys on fungi and plant pathology and published the landmark book Fungi and Disease in Plants: An Introduction to the Diseases of Field and Plantation Crops, especially those of India and the East (1918)[4] and has been called the Father of Mycology and Plant Pathology in India.
- ^ Mason, E. W. (1943). "Edwin John Butler. 1874–1943". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 4 (12): 455–474. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1943.0016. S2CID 179026374.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography http://www.oxforddnb.com/
- ^ Ainsworth, GC. (1996). Brief biographies of British mycologists. Stourbridge: British Mycological Society.
- ^ Gupta, S.N. Das (1958). Botanical Researches in India, Burma and Ceylon. Part I. Mycology and Plant Pathology. Bangalore: Bangalore Press. p. 1. (S. N. Das Gupta (1902–1990) was an eminent phytopathologist. "S. N. Das Gupta". Indian Phytopathological Society.)