About Edward Angus Burt
Lived 1859 – 1939 (aged 80). Edward Angus Burt was an American botanist and mycologist.
Edward Angus Burt (April 9, 1859 in Athens, Pennsylvania —April 27, 1939) was an American mycologist and an authority on the resupinate (flat on the substrate) fungus family Thelephoraceae. He received his M.A. in 1894 and PhD. in 1895, both from Harvard University under William G. Farlow and Roland Thaxter.
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Who was Edward Angus Burt?
American mycologist (1859–1939)
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Edward Angus Burt was born on 9 April 1859 in Pennsylvania.
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Edward Angus Burt died on 27 April 1939.
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Edward Angus Burt was a botanist and mycologist.
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Edward Angus Burt was American.
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