Henry Thomas Soppitt

Henry Thomas Soppitt
Born(1858-06-21)21 June 1858
Bradford, Yorkshire
Died1 April 1899(1899-04-01) (aged 40)
Halifax, Yorkshire
NationalityBritish
Known forContributions to taxonomic mycology, botany, and plant pathology
Scientific career
FieldsMycology

Henry Thomas Soppitt (21 June 1858 in Bradford, Yorkshire[1] – 1 April 1899 in Halifax, Yorkshire[2]) was an English mycologist, plant pathologist, botanist and former greengrocer turned drysalter.[3] He was a close collaborator with Charles Crossland, James Needham, and George Massee and was the first person to show a heteroecious lifecycle in a Puccinia species.[4] Soppitt was a foundational member of the British Mycological Society.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Death registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b Ainsworth, G.C. (1996). Brief Biographies of British Mycologists. Stourbridge: British Mycological Society. p. 155.
  4. ^ Smith, Nathan (November 2020). "Provincial mycology and the legacy of Henry Thomas Soppitt (1858–1899) (W. T. Stearn Prize 2019)". Archives of Natural History. 47 (2): 219–235. doi:10.3366/anh.2020.0650.


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