Guy Richard Bisby papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 15, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSF 37
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one folder with two articles written by Guy Richard Bisby.
Dates
- 1916 - 1920
Creator
- Bisby, Guy Richard, 1889-1958 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Access Information
This collection is open for research.
Copyright and Use Information
Portions of material in this collection may be in the public domain. Other material copyrights are held by Purdue University or original creator. Consult with Purdue University Archives and Special Collections prior to reproduction of materials.
Biographical Information
Guy Richard Bisby (1889-1958) was a native of South Dakota, born on August 17, 1889. He earned his bachelor of science degree from South Dakota State College in 1912. He worked as an assistant at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens from 1913-1914. He earned a Master's degree from Columbia University in 1917 before earning his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1918.
Bisby did some teaching at Minnesota, and had a period of employment at Purdue University (1915-1916) where he worked with J.C. Arthur, North America’s leading authority on the classification of rust fungi. In 1920 Bisby was appointed professor for Phytopathology at Manitoba Agricultural College in Winnipeg. There he became the first professor of plant pathology in a Canadian university.
Except for leave periods, one of which was for nearly a year (1921-22) to study mycology and plant pathology in England, Bisby remained at the University of Manitoba until he resigned in 1937 to accept a position at the Commonwealth Mycological Institute in Kew, England, where he had a distinguished career until his retirement in 1954.
Much of Bisby's written work was as an orismologist, working on definitions of terms and organizing lists of fungi and fungal names. Bisby died on September 3, 1958.
Except for leave periods, one of which was for nearly a year (1921-22) to study mycology and plant pathology in England, Bisby remained at the University of Manitoba until he resigned in 1937 to accept a position at the Commonwealth Mycological Institute in Kew, England, where he had a distinguished career until his retirement in 1954.
Much of Bisby's written work was as an orismologist, working on definitions of terms and organizing lists of fungi and fungal names. Bisby died on September 3, 1958.
Source:
"Guy Richard Bisby." The University of North Carolina Herbarium.
/herbarium.unc.edu/Collectors/Bisby_Guy.htm>
"Guy Richard Bisby." Mushroom: The Journal of Wild Mushrooming. /www.mushroomthejournal.com/greatlakesdata/Authors/Bisby648.html>
"Guy Richard Bisby." Mushroom: The Journal of Wild Mushrooming. /www.mushroomthejournal.com/greatlakesdata/Authors/Bisby648.html>
Extent
0.025 Cubic Feet (One folder)
Processing Information
Material has been housed in acid-free folder and box.
Creator
- Bisby, Guy Richard, 1889-1958 (Person)
- Title
- Guy Richard Bisby papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Amanda Rumba and Archives Staff
- Date
- 2020-04-07
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Edition statement
- Second edition. Collection description first completed by Archives Staff.
Revision Statements
- 2020-04-07: Collection description updated by Amanda Rumba to more fully meet standards.
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
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West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
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504 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu