Background
Duggar, John Frederick was born on August 24, 1868 in Faunadale, Alabama, United States. Son of Doctor Reuben Henry and Margaret Louisa (Minge) Duggar.
Duggar, John Frederick was born on August 24, 1868 in Faunadale, Alabama, United States. Son of Doctor Reuben Henry and Margaret Louisa (Minge) Duggar.
Brother of Benjamin Minge Doctorate. Educated Southern University, Greensboro, Alabama. Bachelor of Science, Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanics
College, 1887, Master of Science, 1888. Student Columbian (now George Washington University, Cornell Univercity, and University of Colorado.
Assistant professor agriculture, Texas Agricultural and Mechanics College, Bryan, Texas, 1887-1889. Editor Southern Live Stock Journal, Starkville, Mississippi, 1890.
Assistant director Experiment Station, Clemson College, South Carolina., 1890-1892.
Editor department field crops, Experiment Station Record, United States Department of Agriculture, 1893-1895. Professor agriculture, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1896-1921.
Also director Alabama Experiment Station, 1903-1921, and director Alabama Extension Service, 1914-1920. Research professor farm management and special investigations, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1922-1931. research professor since 1931.
Lecturer in agronomy, University of California, 1922-1924.
Member Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Frances Ambrose Camp, June 17, 1891. Children: John Frederick, Frances Camp, Mistress Margaret McCormick, Ambrose Camp, Llewellyn Goods, Dorothy.