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Frank Lincoln Stevens
1871–1934
A pioneering American mycologist and plant pathologist, he helped make the study of crop diseases and fungi more practical, global, and scientifically rigorous. His books opened a complex field to students, researchers, and working agriculturists alike.
1 Audiobook
Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition
by Charles William Burkett, Daniel Harvey Hill, Frank Lincoln Stevens
About the author
Frank Lincoln Stevens was an American botanist, mycologist, and phytopathologist born in 1871 in Onondaga County, New York. He became widely respected for his work on fungi and plant diseases, building an international reputation at a time when plant pathology was becoming an essential scientific field.
His career included teaching and research in botany and plant pathology, and he is especially remembered for studying parasitic fungi and for collecting and describing fungi from tropical regions. He also wrote important scientific books, including works on plant-disease fungi, that helped shape how the subject was taught and understood.
Stevens died in 1934 in Winnetka, Illinois. Today he is remembered as one of the notable American specialists who helped connect botany, agriculture, and the close study of the organisms that affect plants.