| Biographical 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) was an American phytopathologist, botanist, professor of both those subjects, 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.
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.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash Little Giants (Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1891) | |||||||||
| 1891 | Wabash | 1–3 | 1–3 | ||||||
| Wabash: | 1–3 | 1–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 1–3 | ||||||||
Authored bibliography
- 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
References
- "Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science". 1911.
- 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. S2CID 85833202
- "Thomas Labs". Dear Old Wabash. July 10, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- Wabash College coaching records Archived November 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- "Edward N. Eisenberg". Indianapolis News. Indianapolis, Indiana. March 7, 1912. p. 8. Retrieved July 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- International Plant Names Index. M.B.Thomas.
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