Sara Bache-Wiig
Sara Bache Wiig, from the 1918 Smith College yearbook
Born	October 4, 1894 Bøn, Norway
Died	September 9, 1971
Occupation(s)	Mycologist, botany professor
Relatives	Jens Bache-Wiig (uncle)

Sara Bache-Wiig (October 4, 1894 – September 9, 1971) was a Norwegian-born American mycologist and botany professor.

Early life and education

Bache-Wiig was born in Bøn, Norway, the daughter of Carl Bache-Wiig and Bertha Myher Bache-Wiig. ^{[1] [2]} Her father was a chemical engineer. ^[3] Her uncle was engineer Jens Bache-Wiig. She graduated from Smith College in 1918, ^{[4] [5]} and earned a master's degree in plant pathology at Cornell University in 1919, ^[4] with a thesis titled "The Graftage of Fruit Trees". ^[6] She pursued further studies in Paris in the 1920s, and she completed doctoral studies at Cornell in 1939 ^[7] under advisor Harry Morton Fitzpatrick. ^[8]

Career

Bache-Wiig taught botany at Smith College for 41 years, ^{[9] [10]} chaired the department twice, and was acting curator of the school's herbarium in 1948. ^[11] Her professional publications included "Contributions to the Life History of a System Fungous Parasite, Cryptomycina Pteridis" (1939), ^[12] "Further Notes on Cryptomycina Pteridis" (1952), ^[13] and "The Fungistatic Barrier Effect of "S-Coated" Cotton Used as Vial Plugs" (1954), ^[14] which all appeared in the journal Mycologia.

Bache-Wiig also wrote poems "A Jester", "Morning", and "Unscientific Investigation", for the Smith College Monthly. ^{[15] [16] [17]} She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the National Consumers League, ^[18] the American Association of University Professors, ^[19] the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, ^[20] and of the Mycological Society of America. ^[21]

Personal life

Bache-Wiig died in 1971, aged 76 years.

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