Heinrich Anton de Bary
1831 - 1888
Heinrich Anton de Bary, (born Jan. 26, 1831, Frankfurt am Main [Germany]—died Jan. 19, 1888, Strassburg, Ger. [now Strasbourg, Fr.]), German botanist whose researches into the roles of fungi and other agents in causing plant diseases earned him distinction as a founder of modern mycology and plant pathology.