Herbert Hice Whetzel | |
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Born | Avilla, Indiana, United States | September 5, 1877
Died | November 30, 1944 Ithaca, New York, U.S. | (aged 67)
Occupation(s) | Professor, phytopathologist, mycologist |
Spouse(s) | Lucy E. Baker (d.1912), Bertha A. Baker (d.1939) |
Children | Gertrude O. Grover, Joseph C. Whetzel |
Parent(s) | Joseph Conrad Whetzel, Gertrude (Eckles) Whetzel |
Herbert Hice Whetzel (September 5, 1877 – November 30, 1944) was an American plant pathologist and mycologist. As a professor of plant pathology, he led the first department of plant pathology at an American university and founded the Cornell Plant Pathology Herbarium (CUP).