Henry Thomas Soppitt

Henry Thomas Soppitt (21 June 1858 in Bradford, Yorkshire[1] – 1 April 1899 in Halifax, Yorkshire[2]) was an English mycologist, plant pathologist, botanist and former greengrocer turned drysalter.[3] He was a close collaborator with Charles Crossland, James Needham, and George Massee and was the first person to show a heteroecious lifecycle in a Puccinia species.[4] Soppitt was a foundational member of the British Mycological Society.[3]

Henry Thomas Soppitt
Born(1858-06-21)21 June 1858
Bradford, Yorkshire
Died1 April 1899(1899-04-01) (aged 40)
Halifax, Yorkshire
NationalityBritish
Known forContributions to taxonomic mycology, botany, and plant pathology
Scientific career
FieldsMycology

References
  1. "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. "Death registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. Ainsworth, G.C. (1996). Brief Biographies of British Mycologists. Stourbridge: British Mycological Society. p. 155.
  4. Smith, Nathan (November 2020). "Provincial mycology and the legacy of Henry Thomas Soppitt (1858–1899) (W. T. Stearn Prize 2019)". Archives of Natural History. 47 (2): 219–235. doi:10.3366/anh.2020.0650.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.