Philip Herries Gregory | |
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Born | 24 July 1907 |
Died | 2 September 1986 (aged 79) |
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Occupation | Mycologist |
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Philip Herries Gregory FRS (24 July 1907, Exmouth, Devon, UK – 9 February 1986) was a British mycologist and phytopathologist. He established an international reputation as a pioneer of aerobiology and a leading expert on the liberation and dispersal of fungal spores and their relation to plant diseases and to human respiratory diseases. In 1957 he was elected to a one-year term as president of the British Mycological Society.[1]