John Hubert Craigie, was a Canadian

Canada

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 plant pathologist. He is known for his "research and development of rust

Rust (fungus)

Rusts are plant diseases caused by pathogenic fungi of the order Pucciniales. About 7800 species are known. Rusts can affect a variety of plants; leaves, stems, fruits and seeds. Rust is most commonly seen as coloured powder, composed off tiny aeciospores which land on vegetation producing...

 resistant cereal

Cereal

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s which have been of vital significance to Canada as a cereal producing nation".

Born in Merigomish, Pictou County

Pictou County, Nova Scotia

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, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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, Craigie studied at Harvard University

Harvard University

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, the University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

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, and the University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba

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. He was a founding member of the Dominion Rust Research Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1925. In 1930, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba. In 1926, he published "Discovery of the Function of the Pycnia of the Rust Fungi". From 1928 to 1945, he was in charge of the plant pathology section of the lab. From 1945 to 1952, he was the Dominion Botanist for the Department of Agriculture.

Honours

A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Royal Society of Canada

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, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada

Order of Canada

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 in 1967. In 1952, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society

Royal Society

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. He was awarded honorary degrees from the University of British Columbia (1946), the University of Saskatchewan (1948), Dalhousie University (1951), and the University of Manitoba (1959). He was a charter member of the Canadian Phytopathological Society. In 1942, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Flavelle Medal

Flavelle Medal

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. In 1930, he was awarded the International Society for Plant Pathology's Jakob Eriksson Prize.

External links

• John Hubert Craigie at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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