| LC control no. | n 87113877 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Beattie, R. Kent (Rolla Kent), 1875-1960 |
| Variant(s) | Beattie, R. Kent (Rolla Kent), b. 1875 Beattie, Rolla Kent, 1875-1960 Beattie, R. K. (Rolla Kent), 1875-1960 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Nebraska Pullman (Wash.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1875 |
| Death date | 1960 |
| Place of birth | Ashland (Ohio) |
| Place of death | Bethesda (Md.) |
| Field of activity | Botany Plant diseases |
| Affiliation | United States. Department of Agriculture State College of Washington Agricultural College, Experiment Station, and School of Science of the State of Washington University of Nebraska--Lincoln Cotner University |
| Profession or occupation | Botanists College teachers Plant pathologists University and college faculty members |
| Found in | LCCN 15-25085: Piper, C.V. Flora of the northwest coast, 1915 (hdg.: Beattie, Rolla Kent, 1875- ; usage: R. Kent Beattie) Wikipedia, viewed June 7, 2016 (Rolla Kent Beattie; born 1875 in Ashland, Ohio; died 1960; was an American botanist and plant pathologist) Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections(website), viewed Sept. 1, 2021: Guide to the Rolla Kent Beattie Papers 1899-1956, Cage 318 (Biography/History: Rolla Kent Beattie was born in Ohio in 1875. He began his botanical career as a student of Charles Bessey at the University of Nebraska. He was an Instructor, then Professor of Botany, at Washington State University from 1899 to 1912, after which he joined the United States Department of Agriculture research staff at Washington, D. C. and remained there as a forest pathologist until retirement in 1946. During his retirement, he traveled extensively and began again the examinations of Northwest Flora which he had largely abandoned in 1912. Beattie spent most of his retirement years collecting this material. His death in 1960 in Bethesda, Maryland followed four years of failing health.) <http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg318.htm> Washington State University (website), viewed Sept. 20, 2021: Inspiring Washington: 125 years, and counting (2 March 1905: The state legislature approves changing the name of Washington Agricultural College and School of Science to State College of Washington in recognition of the college's expanding mission. 1 July 1959: Washington State College officially becomes Washington State University.) <https://timeline.wsu.edu/> Smithsonian Institution Archives (website), viewed Sept. 20, 2021: Beattie, R. Kent (Rolla Kent), b. 1875 (Rolla Kent Beattie (1875-1960), botanist and plant pathologist, was born in Ashland, Ohio. Beattie received his A.B. degree from Cotner University in 1895, and his B.S. and M.A. degrees from the University of Nebraska in 1896 and 1898, respectively. While at Nebraska, Beattie came under the influence of Charles Edwin Bessey, and remained a disciple of the Besseyan school of botany throughout his career. Beattie taught high school in Colorado and Wyoming before becoming an instructor of botany at Washington State College in 1899. At Washington State he collaborated with Charles Vancouver Piper on researching the flora of Washington, Idaho, and the Northwest coast. In 1903 Beattie succeeded Piper as department head and botanist at the College's Agricultural Experiment Station. Beattie began his studies on plant diseases while at Washington State. His studies eventually led to his working intermittently for the Federal Horticultural Board and the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. While working for these federal agencies, Beattie helped establish inspection procedures for plants and undertook the task of solving the chestnut blight and Dutch elm disease. Beattie retired in 1945 and began a study of David Douglas, pioneer plant explorer in the Pacific Northwest. Ill health prevented Beattie from completing his task.) <https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/auth_per_fbr_eacp147> |
| Associated language | eng |
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