Article ID: CBB964246723

Provincial mycology and the legacy of Henry Thomas Soppitt (1858–1899) (2020)

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The essay explores the life and legacy of Henry Thomas Soppitt, focusing on his elucidation of the life cycle of the rust fungus Puccinia bistortae (F. Strauss) DC. It focuses on the impact this discovery had on the Yorkshire mycological community during a period of threat to its standing caused by the professionalization of science and subsequent degradation of the amateur. It goes on to explores how two Yorkshire mycologists and participants in the discovery, Charles Crossland and James Needham, used accounts of Soppitt's discovery to ensure his legacy and, later, to attempt to ensure the legacy of their community. It shows how these accounts were varied in their content and medium and analyses the relative value of collections to printed text to Yorkshire mycologists through the differences in their accounts.

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Authors & Contributors
Smith, Nathan
Brock, William H.
Jewess, Michael
Trushin, Maxim V.
Yatsiuk, Iryna
Nathan E. C. Smith
Concepts
Mycology
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Professions and professionalization
Amateurs
Biographies
Fungi
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
Great Britain
England
Yorkshire (England)
Madrid (Spain)
Estonia
Italy
Institutions
Imperial Kazan University
Society for the Bibliography of Natural History
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa
British Mycological Society
Royal Society of London
Royal Institution of Great Britain
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