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Frank Lincoln Stevens
1871–1934
A pioneering American plant pathologist and mycologist, he helped shape early scientific understanding of the fungi that cause crop diseases. His work ranged from careful laboratory study to field research in tropical regions, giving him an international reputation in his field.
1 Audiobook
Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition
by Charles William Burkett, Daniel Harvey Hill, Frank Lincoln Stevens
About the author
Born in Onondaga County, New York, in 1871, Frank Lincoln Stevens became one of the leading American specialists in plant diseases and fungi. He is remembered as a mycologist and phytopathologist whose research helped build plant pathology into a more rigorous scientific discipline.
Stevens studied at the University of Chicago, earned his Ph.D. in 1900, and went on to teach and lead programs in botany, plant pathology, and agriculture. His career included work at North Carolina State College, the University of Porto Rico, and the University of Illinois, where he gained broad recognition for both his teaching and research.
He also wrote important scientific books, including works on plant disease fungi and economic plant diseases, making complex agricultural problems more understandable to students and specialists alike. Stevens died in 1934, but his name remains closely tied to the early development of modern plant pathology.