Cynthia Westcott
Cynthia Westcott (June 29, 1898 – March 22, 1983) was an American plant pathologist, author, and expert on roses. 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. 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.