Cynthia Westcott

Cynthia Westcott
Dr.; Cynthia Westcott
Personal details
Born	29 June 1898; North Attleboro, Massachusetts
Died	22 March 1983 (aged 84); North Tarrytown, New York
Alma mater	Wellesley College; Cornell University;

Cynthia Westcott (June 29, 1898 – March 22, 1983) was an American plant pathologist, author, and expert on roses.[1] She published a number of books and handbooks on horticulture and plant disease. Her work was also featured in The New York Times, House and Garden, and The American Home. Westcott was nicknamed "the plant doctor" after her first book of the same name.

Education

Cynthia Westcott was born in North Attleboro, Massachusetts on June 29, 1898. She received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College in 1920 and her Ph.D in plant pathology from Cornell University in 1932.

Career

Westcott was the subject of a biographical profile in The New Yorker in July 1952.[2]

Death

Cynthia Westcott died of a heart ailment on March 22, 1983 in North Tarrytown, New York. The Cynthia Westcott Papers, an archive of Westcott's research notes and business correspondence, is located at Cornell University Library.

Awards and honors

American Horticultural Council (1955)
Gold Medal, American Rose Society (1960)
Gold Medal, Garden Club of New Jersey
Garden Writers Award, American Association of Nurserymen (1963)

Works

Westcott, C. (1937). The Plant Doctor: The How, Why, and When of Disease and Insect Control in Your Garden. New York: Frederick A. Stokes.
Westcott, C. (1946). The Gardener's Bug Book; 1,000 Insect Pests and Their Control. New York: American Garden Guild and Doubleday.
Westcott, C. (1950). Plant Disease Handbook. New York: Van Nostrand.
Westcott, C. (1952). Anyone Can Grow Roses. Toronto: Van Nostrand.
Westcott, C. (1953). Garden Enemies. Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand.
Westcott, C. (1957). Plant Doctoring is Fun. Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand.
Westcott, C. (1961). Are You Your Garden's Worst Pest? Garden City, NY: Doubleday.
Westcott, C. and Jerry T. Walker, eds. (1966). Handbook on Garden Pests. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Westcott, C. and Peter K. Nelson, eds. (1980). Handbook on Biological Control of Plant Pests. Special issue of Plants & Gardens, Vol. 16, No. 3. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Bibliography

Horst, R. Kenneth. (1984). "Pioneer Leaders in Plant Pathology: Cynthia Westcott, Plant Doctor." Annual Review of Phytopathology 22: 21-26.
Kinkead, Eugene. (1952, July 26). "Profiles: Physician in the Flowerbeds." The New Yorker, 26-43.

References

Faust, Joan Lee (1983-03-24). "Dr. Cynthia Westcott Dead; Rose Expert and Pathologist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
Gale (2002). "Cynthia Westcott". Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit (published 23 July 2002). GALE|H1000105132 – via Gale Biography.

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[1] Faust, Joan Lee (1983-03-24). "Dr. Cynthia Westcott Dead; Rose Expert and Pathologist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-01-25.

[2] Gale (2002). "Cynthia Westcott". Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit (published 23 July 2002). GALE|H1000105132 – via Gale Biography.