Korf, Richard P.

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Korf, Richard P.
Date of birth
1925-05-28
Date of death
2016-08-20
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Mycologists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 164619986
Wikidata: Q21339069
Library of congress: n 96076468
HAI10: 000165236
Sources of Information
  • The chronicle of higher education, Sept. 9, 2016:page A26 (Richard Korf; died Aug. 20, 2016, Ithaca, N.Y., at age 91; professor emeritus of mycology at Cornell University)
  • Fungi of China, c1996:t.p. (Richard P. Korf) p. viii (emeritus prof. of mycology, Cornell)

Wikipedia description:

Richard Paul "Dick" Korf (May 28, 1925 – August 20, 2016) was an American mycologist and founding co-editor of the journal Mycotaxon. He was a preeminent figure in the study of discomycetes and made significant contributions to the field of fungal nomenclature and taxonomy. Korf was professor emeritus of mycology at Cornell University and director emeritus of Cornell University's Plant Pathology Herbarium.

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