Paul Andries van der Bijl | |
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Born | May 23, 1888 |
Died | 1939 (aged 50–51) |
Nationality | South African |
Occupation | mycologist |
Known for | work on polypores or bracket fungi |
Paul Andries van der Bijl or alternatively Van der Byl (23 May 1888 – 1939) was a South African mycologist known for his work on polypores or bracket fungi. [1]
Born on his father's farm in the Paarl district of Cape Colony, he graduated from the University of Stellenbosch (formerly Victoria College) in 1909. [2]
In 1911 van der Bijl was appointed mycologist and phytopathologist at the South African National Collection of Fungi. In 1914 he was proposed as a member of the Linnean Society of London. [3] In 1915 he headed the newly established phytopathological laboratory at the National Herbarium. He became the first professor of plant pathology in South Africa at the University of Stellenbosch in 1921. [1] [2] Stefanus Johannes Du Plessis (1908–1995) was a student of his. [4]
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