J.C. Arthur

J.C. Arthur (born Jan. 11, 1850, Lowville, N.Y., U.S.—died April 30, 1942, Lafayette, Ind.) was an American botanist who discovered basic facts about the parasitic fungi known as rusts. Graduated from what is now Iowa State University, Ames, in 1872, Arthur received his doctorate at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1886. In 1887 he became professor of botany at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., where he served until 1915. During his professorship at Purdue he...