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Sir Charles Edward Saunders, (February 2, 1867 – July 25, 1937) was a Canadian agronomist. He was the inventor of Marquis Wheat. Born in London, Canada West, he received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in 1888. From 1888 to 1893, he specialized in chemistry at summer school at Harvard University. In 1891, he received a Ph.D from Johns Hopkins University. He married Mary Blackwell. Saunders Secondary School in London, Ontario is named for him and other members of his prominent family, including his father, chemist William Saunders. ==Honours== * In 1921, he was made a Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada. * In 1921, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws and Letters by the University of Western Ontario. * In 1925, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Toronto. * In 1925, he received the Royal Society of Canada’s Flavelle Medal for Science. Saunders learned most of what he knew about hybridization at home through his family. Some of his earliest memories are of driving with his father to a fruit farm outside the city limits, where he would help him hybridize grapes, currants, raspberries, and gooseberries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles E. Saunders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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