Charles Burnham (geneticist)

Charles Burnham was an American plant geneticist who played a critical role in developing a blight resistant strain of the American chestnut.[1]

Burnham received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 1929. He was a National Research Fellow at Cornell, Harvard, and the California Institute of Technology from 1929 to 1938, and a professor at the University of Minnesota from 1938 to 1972. Burnham died in 1995.[2]

Burnham cofounded The American Chestnut Foundation in 1983.[3]

A letter Burnham wrote in 1983 shows his ongoing conversation with Barbara McClintock.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Cummer, Corby (June 2003). "A New Chestnut". The Atlantic.
  2. ↑ Spilman, Karen. "Charles R. Burnham Papers, 1922-1993". University of Minnesota Archives. University of Minnesota. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Horton, Tom. "Revival of the American Chestnut". American Forests. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Letter from Charles Burnham". The Barbara McClintock Papers. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 21 September 2015.


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