About Philip Rodney White
Lived 1901 – 1968 (aged 66). Philip Rodney White was an American botanist, agronomist and biologist.
Philip Rodney White (25 July 1901 – 25 March 1968) was an American botanist and agricultural scientist.
Born on July 25, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois, as one of twins, he studied in France and Germany before receiving his PhD from Johns Hopkins University. During 1930 and 1931, he worked in Berlin at the laboratory of Gottlieb Haberlandt. Most of White's research was on using plant tissues to grow viruses. He died in Bombay, India, while on a lecture tour, on March 25, 1968.
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Who was Philip Rodney White?
botanist (1901-1968)
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Philip Rodney White was born on 25 July 1901 in Chicago.
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Philip Rodney White died on 25 March 1968 in Mumbai.
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Philip Rodney White was a botanist, agronomist and biologist.
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Philip Rodney White was American.
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