Beverly Thomas Galloway
Beverly Thomas Galloway | |
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Born | |
Died | June 13, 1938 | (aged 74)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Missouri |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Plant pathology, horticulture |
Institutions | United States Department of Agriculture |
Beverly Thomas Galloway (October 16, 1863 – June 13, 1938) was an American
Early life and education
Galloway was born October 16, 1863, in Millersburg, Missouri, the fourth child and only son of parents Robert McCauley Galloway and Jane Galloway (née McCray). His father was a Kentucky-born farmer and miler of Scotch-Irish descent, and his mother's family came from Maryland. At age 14 Beverly became a clerk in a Columbia, Missouri, drugstore and in 1878 became a registered pharmacist, practicing for two years. He entered the University of Missouri in 1882, where he was mentored by botanist Samuel M. Tracy, and graduated with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree in 1884. He worked in the University's horticulture department for two years after graduation, where he developed an interest in plant diseases.[2] His 1887 paper Parasitic fungi of Missouri was the first systematic and economic mycological work conducted in the state.[2]
Career
In 1887 Galloway was appointed as assistant in the Section of Mycology of the United States Department of Agriculture, becoming head of the Section the following year after the resignation of Frank Lamson-Scribner.[3] As chief, Galloway expanded the research scope of the Section to include the chemical control of fungal diseases of a larger selection of crops, and made the Section more responsive to the needs of farmers and gardeners.[2] In 1895 the Section of Mycology was renamed the Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology, with Galloway remaining chief.[4]
In 1913, he was appointed Assistant
Over his career, Galloway served as president of the
Personal life and death
Galloway married Agnes Stewart Rankin of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1888, with whom he had three children: Robert Rankin, Alexander Gordon, and Beverly Stewart. After being stricken with blindness and an incurable disease, Galloway committed suicide on June 13, 1938, in Washington, D.C., and was buried in Washington's Fort Lincoln Cemetery.[4][6]
References
- JSTOR 3754354.
- ^ PMID 15012513.
- ^ JSTOR 1665463.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-403-09598-8.
- ^ Nordisk familjebok, Vol. 9 (1908), p. 641
- ISBN 978-0-8262-6470-1.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Galloway.
External links
- Works by or about Beverly Thomas Galloway at Internet Archive
- Beverly Thomas Galloway papers at the USDA National Agricultural Library.