Background
Corbett, Lee Cleveland was born on October 21, 1867 in Watkins, New York, United States. Son of J. Wallace and Lucia M. Corbett.
Corbett, Lee Cleveland was born on October 21, 1867 in Watkins, New York, United States. Son of J. Wallace and Lucia M. Corbett.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell, 1890, Master of Science, 1896. Doctor of Agriculture, U. Maryland, 1921.
Assistant horticulturist, Cornell, 1891-1893. Professor horticulture and forestry, South Dakot Agricultural College, 1893-1895, West Virginia University, 1895-1901. Horticulturist, United States Department of Agriculture, 1901-1913.
Assistant chief, Bureau Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, 1913-1915.
In charge horticultural and pomol. investigations, United States Department of Agriculture, 1915-1929, principal horticulturist. Retired. Delaware International Institute Agriculture, Rome, 1920.
Author: Garden Farming, Intensive Farming. Also Agricultural Experiment Station bulls, of Cornell Univercity, South Dakot, West Virginia, and United States Department of Agriculture, and articles in yearbook of latter.
Home: Washington, Distric.
Married Evelyn L. Northrup, March 23, 1893 (died 1931). Married second, C. Louise Phillips, February 22, 1936. Children: Ruth Eleanor, Frances Lee (Mistress Colston East. Warne), Roger Bailey, Laurence Ward, Thurston Lee.