Liberty Hyde Baily
1858
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1954
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Michigan State University
occupation: botanist, pteridologist, writer, horticulturist
award received: Veitch Memorial Medal, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
student of: Lucy Ann Bishop Millington
influenced by: Charles Darwin
Liberty Hyde Bailey (March 15, 1858 – December 25, 1954) was an American horticulturist and reformer of rural life. He was cofounder of the American Society for Horticultural Science.: 10–15 As an energetic reformer during the Progressive Era, he was instrumental in starting agricultural extension services, the 4-H movement, the nature study movement, parcel post and rural electrification. He was considered the father of rural sociology and rural journalism. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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