Mason B. Thomas
American phytopathologist, botanist, professor, and football coach (1866–1912)
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Mason Blanchard Thomas (December 16, 1866 – March 6, 1912)[1] was an American phytopathologist, botanist, professor of both those subjects,[2][3] and college football coach. He was the sixth head football coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, serving for one season, in 1891, and compiling a record of 1–3.[4]
New Woodstock, New York, U.S.
Crawfordsville, Indiana, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 16, 1866 New Woodstock, New York, U.S. |
| Died | March 6, 1912 (aged 45) Crawfordsville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (1890) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1891 | Wabash |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–3 |
Thomas was born on December 16, 1866, in New Woodstock, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1890 with Bachelor of Science. Following his graduation, he spent a year as biology fellow at Cornell before going to Wabash College in 1891 as a professor of botany. Thomas was the dean of faculty at Wabash for 12 years, until his death in 1912. He died on March 6, 1912, after a two-week illness with pleurisy, at his home in Crawfordsville.[5]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash Little Giants (Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1891) | |||||||||
| 1891 | Wabash | 1–3 | 1–3 | ||||||
| Wabash: | 1–3 | 1–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 1–3 | ||||||||
Authored bibliography
- Thomas, Mason B.; Dudley, William Russel (1894). A laboratory manual of plant histology. Crawfordsville, Indiana: The Journal Co. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.1273. LCCN 05029355. OCLC 5331374. S2CID 164178334. S2CID 74441089. Download and torrent at Archive.org
