Mason B. Thomas

American phytopathologist, botanist, professor, and football coach

Mason B. ThomasBiographical details

Born| (1866-12-16)December 16, 1866
New Woodstock, New York, U.S.
Died| March 6, 1912(1912-03-06) (aged 45)
Crawfordsville, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater| Cornell University (1890)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1891| Wabash
Head coaching record
Overall| 1–3

Mason Blanchard Thomas (December 16, 1866 – March 6, 1912)[1] was an American phytopathologist, botanist, professor of both those subjects,[2][3] and college football coach. He was the sixth head football coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, serving for one season, in 1891, and compiling a record of 1–3.[4]

Thomas was born on December 16, 1866, in New Woodstock, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1890 with Bachelor of Science. Following his graduation, he spent a year as biology fellow at Cornell before going to Wabash College in 1891 as a professor of botany. Thomas was the dean of faculty at Wabash for 12 years, until his death in 1912. He died on March 6, 1912, after a two-week illness with pleurisy, at his home in Crawfordsville.[5]

## Head coaching record

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Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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Wabash Little Giants (Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1891)
1891 | Wabash  | 1–3 | 1–3 |  |
Wabash: | 1–3 | 1–3 |
Total: | 1–3 |

## Authored bibliography

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* Thomas, Mason B.; Dudley, William Russel (1894). A laboratory manual of plant histology. Crawfordsville, Indiana: The Journal Co. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.1273. LCCN 05029355. OCLC 5331374. S2CID 164178334. S2CID 74441089. Download and torrent at Archive.org

The standard author abbreviation M.B.Thomas is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science". 1911.
2. ^ Kent, G C (1979). "Important Little-Known Contributors to Plant Pathology: Mason Blanchard Thomas". Annual Review of Phytopathology. 17 (1). Annual Reviews: 21–28\. doi:10.1146/annurev.py.17.090179.000321. ISSN 0066-4286. S2CID 86279685.21-28&rft.date=1979&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:86279685#id-name=S2CID&rft.issn=0066-4286&rft_id=info:doi/10.1146/annurev.py.17.090179.000321&rft.aulast=Kent&rft.aufirst=G+C&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1146%2Fannurev.py.17.090179.000321&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Mason+B.+Thomas" class="Z3988"> S2CID 85833202
3. ^ "Thomas Labs". Dear Old Wabash. July 10, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
4. ^ Wabash College coaching records Archived November 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ "Edward N. Eisenberg". Indianapolis News. Indianapolis, Indiana. March 7, 1912. p. 8. Retrieved July 14, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
6. ^ International Plant Names Index.  M.B.Thomas.

## External links

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* Mason B. Thomas at Find a Grave

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Wabash Little Giants head football coaches

* Edwin R. Taber (1884)
* No team (1885)
* Evans Woollen (1886)
* William K. Martin (1887)
* No team (1888)
* C. Sherman King (1889)
* Robert A. King (1890)
* Mason B. Thomas (1891)
* William C. Malley (1892)
* Elmer G. Horton (1893)
* A. Vernon Randall (1894)
* Franklin D. Arms (1895)
* Frank M. Gould (1896)
* No team (1897)
* James B. Modesitt (1898–1899)
* Anthony Chez (1900)
* Frederick Feil (1901)
* Ebin Wilson (1902–1903)
* Frank Cayou (1904–1907)
* Ralph Jones (1908)
* Jesse Harper (1909–1912)
* Clarence H. Thurber (1913–1914)
* Paul Sheeks (1915–1916)
* J. Russell Townsend (1917–1918)
* Robert E. Vaughan (1919–1945)
* Glen Harmeson (1946–1950)
* Garland Frazier (1951–1960)
* Kenneth W. Keuffel (1961–1966)
* Max Urick (1967–1970)
* Dick Bowman (1971–1973)
* Frank Navarro (1974–1977)
* Stan Parrish (1978–1982)
* Greg Carlson (1983–2000)
* Chris Creighton (2001–2007)
* Erik Raeburn (2008–2015)
* Don Morel (2016–2019)
* No team (2020)
* Don Morel (2021–2024)
* Jake Gilbert (2024– )

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