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George C. Clerk

Ghanaian botanist · Ghana · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1931 to 2019 · aged 87

George Carver Clerk, was a Ghanaian botanist and plant pathologist. A professor and later, an emeritus professor at the University of Ghana, Legon, he also focused his research on West African mycology and ecology.

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Awards

Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences1973
Fulbright Scholarship1972

About this person

Clerk, along with his academic contemporary Ebenezer Laing (1931-2015), was one of Ghana's earliest practitioners of botany as a scientific discipline, in addition to his pioneering role as a plant pathologist in West Africa. In 1973, G. C. Clerk became a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Country
Ghana
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1931 to 2019 · aged 87