| LC control no. | n 87122084 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Shear, C. L. (Cornelius Lott), 1865-1956 |
| Variant(s) | Shear, Cornelius Lott, 1865-1956 Shear, Cornelius L. (Cornelius Lott), 1865-1956 Shear, Cornelius (Cornelius Lott), 1865-1956 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1865 |
| Death date | 1956 |
| Field of activity | Mycology Plant diseases |
| Affiliation | United States. Bureau of Plant Industry American Phytopathological Society |
| Profession or occupation | Mycologists Plant pathologists |
| Found in | nuc87-84438: His Fungous diseases of the cultivated cranberry [MI] 1931 (hdg. on DNAL rept.: Shear, C. L. (Cornelius Lott), 1865-1956; usage: C.L. Shear) Wikipedia, viewed Dec. 12, 2023: Cornelius Lott Shear (Cornelius Lott Shear (1865-1956) was an American mycologist and plant pathologist who served as a senior pathologist at the USDA Bureau of Plant Industry. Shear was the first to describe the grass Bromus arizonicus. He was a pioneer in the study of pathogenic fungi who studied crop diseases and developed control measures for treatment of economically-important crops such as cranberries, grapes and cotton. He played a pivotal role in creating the American Phytopathological Society, founded in 1908. The standard author abbreviation Shear is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Lott_Shear> |
| Associated language | eng |
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