About Mildred K. Nobles
Lived 1903 – 1993 (aged 89). Mildred K. Nobles was a Canadian mycologist, botanist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
Mildred Katherine Nobles (7 June 1903 – 26 March 1993) was a Canadian mycologist. Born in Colborne, Northumberland County, Ontario, the only surviving child of William Harold and Ethel Nobles, she spent her early life at the family farm in Vernonville. She was an authority of the culture and identification of wood-rotting fungi, and developed a numerical identification system today known as the "Nobles Species Code". Nobles died in Ottawa, Ontario after a short illness.
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Who was Mildred K. Nobles?
Canadian mycologist (1903-1993)
When was Mildred K. Nobles born?
Mildred K. Nobles was born on 7 June 1903.
When did Mildred K. Nobles die?
Mildred K. Nobles died on 26 March 1993 in Ottawa.
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Mildred K. Nobles was a mycologist, botanist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
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Mildred K. Nobles was Canadian.
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