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USA Charles M. Rick Jr.
Professor of Vegetable Crops, Univeristy of California, Davis
1915-2002 Source
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USA James F. Harrington
Professor of Vegetable Crops, Univeristy of California, Davis
1916-2002 Source
USA Dr. Norman Borlaug
1970 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
1914-2009 Source
USA Lester Pfister
Founder of Pfister Hybrid Corn Company
1897-1970 Source
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USA Henry A. Wallace
Founder of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1933-1940)
1888-1965 Source
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Russia Nikolai I. Vavilov
Plant geographer. Explored major agricultural centers to collect germplasm.
1887-1943 Source
USA Luther Burbank
Botanist, horticulturist, pionner in agricultural science
1849-1926 Source
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Austria Gregor Mendel
Biologist, author of groundbreaking work on heredity. Discovered basic laws governing the passage of a trait from generation to generation within the same species.
1822-1884 Source
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France Louis de Vilmorin
Author of "Notes sur la création d'une nouvelle race de betterave et considerations sur l'hérédité des plantes" (Note on the Creation of a New Race of Beetroot and Considerations on Heredity in Plants)
1816-1860 Source
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France Philippe-Victoire de Vilmorin
After his mariage to Adélaïde, daughter of Pierre d'Andrieux and Claude Geoffroy, creation of Vilmorin-Andrieux
1746-1804 Source
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France Pierre d'Andrieux
Seedsman and botanist under Louis XV; husband of Claude Geoffroy
mid 18th century Source
France Claude Geoffroy
Maîtresse Grainière, owner of a seed & plants shop on Quai de la Mégisserie in Paris; wife of Pierre d'Andrieux
mid 18th century Source
       
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