Henry Thomas Soppitt

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Henry Thomas Soppitt
Born(1858-06-21)21 June 1858
Died1 April 1899(1899-04-01) (aged 40)
Nationality British
Known forContributions to taxonomic mycology, botany, and plant pathology
Scientific career
Fields Mycology

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]

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References

  1. "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. "Death registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 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.