Wanda Kirkbride Farr

Wanda Margarite Kirkbride Farr
Wanda sitting at microscope at Columbia University lab
Born
Wanda Margarite Kirkbride

(1895-01-09)January 9, 1895[1]
DiedApril 16, 1983(1983-04-16) (aged 88)[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materOhio University
Columbia University
Known forPioneering work on cellulose synthesis and plastids[2]
SpouseClifford Farr
RelativesSamuel Richardson
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Chemistry
InstitutionsKansas 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.

  1. ^ a b c d "Wanda K Kirkbride". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Wanda Margarite Kirkbride Farr". Smithsonian Institution Archive. Retrieved 18 March 2014.