Sara Bache-Wiig
American mycologist (1894–1971)
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Sara Bache-Wiig (October 4, 1894 – September 9, 1971) was a Norwegian-born American mycologist and botany professor.
Sara Bache-Wiig | |
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Sara Bache Wiig, from the 1918 Smith College yearbook | |
| Born | October 4, 1894 Bøn, Norway |
| Died | September 9, 1971 (aged 76) |
| Occupations | Mycologist, botany professor |
| Relatives | Jens Bache-Wiig (uncle) |
Early life and education
Bache-Wiig was born in Bøn, Norway, the daughter of Carl Bache-Wiig and Bertha Myher Bache-Wiig.[1][2] Her father was a chemical engineer.[3] Her uncle was engineer Jens Bache-Wiig. She graduated from Smith College in 1918,[4][5] and earned a master's degree in plant pathology at Cornell University in 1919,[4] with a thesis titled "The Graftage of Fruit Trees".[6] She pursued further studies in Paris in the 1920s, and she completed doctoral studies at Cornell in 1939[7] under advisor Harry Morton Fitzpatrick.[8]
Career
Bache-Wiig taught botany at Smith College for 41 years,[9][10] chaired the department twice, and was acting curator of the school's herbarium in 1948.[11] Her professional publications included "Contributions to the Life History of a System Fungous Parasite, Cryptomycina Pteridis" (1939),[12] "Further Notes on Cryptomycina Pteridis" (1952),[13] and "The Fungistatic Barrier Effect of "S-Coated" Cotton Used as Vial Plugs" (1954),[14] which all appeared in the journal Mycologia.
Bache-Wiig also wrote poems "A Jester", "Morning", and "Unscientific Investigation", for the Smith College Monthly.[15][16][17] She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the National Consumers League,[18] the American Association of University Professors,[19] the American Society of Plant Taxonomists,[20] and of the Mycological Society of America.[21]
Personal life
Bache-Wiig died in 1971, aged 76 years.
