Hugh Iltis
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 9 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 7,1925 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Czechoslovakia |
| Date of died | December 19,2016 |
| Died | United States |
| Parents | Hugo Iltis |
| Siblings | Fred Iltis |
| Academic advisors | Julian Alfred Steyermark |
| Edgar Anderson | |
| Robert Everard Woodson | |
| Job | Professor |
| Conservationist | |
| Plant Biologist | |
| Education | Washington University in St. Louis |
| University of Tennessee | |
| Academic advisor | Edgar Anderson |
| Julian Alfred Steyermark | |
| Robert Everard Woodson | |
| Author abbrev botani | Iltis |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1471690 |
Hugh Iltis Life story
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.