Hugh Iltis
Hugh Iltis was a professor of botany and director of the herbarium at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. While he is most noted as a scientist for his role in the discovery of perennial teosinte, a wild diploid relative of modern maize, he is also remembered as an outspoken environmental conservationist.
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- Born in
- Brno
- Educated at
- Washington University in St. LouisUniversity of Tennessee
- Awards
- 🏆 Asa Gray Award
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1925
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