Leasure K. Darbaker

Leasure K. Darbaker
Born
Leasure Kline Darbaker

(1879-01-13)January 13, 1879
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
DiedFebruary 6, 1949(1949-02-06) (aged 70)
Alma materPittsburgh College of Pharmacy
Scientific career
FieldsBacteriology, Pharmacognosy
InstitutionsPittsburgh College of Pharmacy

Leasure K. Darbaker (January 13, 1879, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-February 6, 1949) was a bacteriologist and Professor of Pharmacognosy and Bacteriology at the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]

Darbaker served as Chair of Bacteriology of the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy,[2] as President of the Pittsburgh chapter of the American Pharmaceutical Association and President of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science from 1937-1938. Known for his work as an educator, his published books include A manual of microscopy (1920), A manual of histological pharmacognosy and bacteriology (1921), and works on the medical uses of Western Pennsylvania plants. In his will, he established the Darbaker Prizes through the Pennsylvania Academy of Science[3] and the Botanical Society of America.[4]

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