Lewis Ralph Jones (December 5, 1864 – April 1, 1945) was an American

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and agricultural biologist. Jones was born in

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. He was a professor of plant pathology from 1904 to 1935 at the University of Wisconsin. Jones was elected to the United States

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in 1920 and the

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in 1925. He died in

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Family

Jones' second wife was Anna May Clark, a fellow botanist.

References

1864 births 1945 deaths People from Brandon, Wisconsin University of Michigan alumni American botanists American phytopathologists {{US-botanist-stub Members of the American Philosophical Society