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Vegetables, melons and row crops · person

Herman Wedgworth

the pathologist who became a farmer

Person class
institutional connector
Placed at
1932: first documented activity
Place
Belle Glade, Palm Beach County
District
The Glades
Status as of 12 September 2026
Died 1938 in an ice plant accident.
Connections
2 edges, 2 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.000 (rank 230 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.000 (rank 230) · outside share 0.00
Confidence
High · sources: [WEDGH] (register)

The first plant pathologist at the Everglades Experiment Station, he finds that copper and manganese make commercial farming possible on the muck, leaves to farm it, and founds Wedgworth's with Ruth in 1932 [WEDGH].

Connections

Location and lineage