Rempel, Richard A.

Research and reform W.P. Thompson at the University of Saskatchewan / Richard A. Rempel. - Montreal [Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2013. (Toronto, Ont. : Scholars Portal, (c)2013). - 1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages, 12. pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Formative Years -- Research: Genetics -- The Administrator -- The Humanities, the Social Sciences, and the Ascendancy of the Natural Sciences -- Governance and Governments -- Service -- Unfinished Business -- Retirement and Medicare -- Last Years and Legacies -- Appendices. 1 A Key Example of Thompson's Chromosome Work ; 2 Thompson's Work on Endosperm ; 3 Recent References to Thompson's Wheat Rust Research ; 4 A Bibliography of Thompson's Publications.

The untold story of a Canadian pioneer in genetics, undergraduate science education, and the establishment of Medicare.



9780773588905




Thompson, Walter Palmer, 1889-1970.


University of Saskatchewan--History.
University of Saskatchewan--Presidents--Biography.


Botanists--Canada--Biography.
Geneticists--Canada--Biography.
College presidents--Canada--Biography.


Electronic Books.

LE3 / .R474 2013