Wanda Margarite Kirkbride Farr | |
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Born | Wanda Margarite Kirkbride January 9, 1895[1] |
Died | April 16, 1983[1] | (aged 88)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Ohio University Columbia University |
Known for | Pioneering work on cellulose synthesis and plastids[2] |
Spouse | Clifford Farr |
Relatives | Samuel Richardson |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, Chemistry |
Institutions | Kansas State University, Texas A&M University, Washington University in St. Louis, United States Department of Agriculture |
Wanda K. Farr (January 9, 1895 – April 16, 1983) was an American botanist known for her discovery of the mechanism by which cellulose is formed in the walls of plant cells.