Background
Neergaard, Pierre Paul Ferdinand Mourier de was born on February 19, 1907 in Nyborg, Denmark.
Neergaard, Pierre Paul Ferdinand Mourier de was born on February 19, 1907 in Nyborg, Denmark.
Bachelor of Science in Horticulture, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 1934. Doctor of Science in Agronomy, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 1945.
Seed pathologist J. E. Ohlsens Enke, Copenhagen, 1935—1951. Head department plant quarantine Government Plant Protection Service, 1952—1966. Professor plant pathology & seed technical American University Beirut, 1959—1960.
Director Danish Government Institute Seed Pathology Developing Countries, Copenhagen, 1966—1982. Honorary professor plant pathology Academy International delle Science San Marino. Dean Faculty Natural Sciences, since 1984.
Visiting professor University Mysore, India, 1979, Rome, 1981—1982. Chairman committee plant diseases International Seed Testing Association, 1956—1974, Various International Workshops Seed Pathology, 1958—1973. Director course seed pathology, Peking, 1981.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy. Member: Honora Patrona Komitato Universala Esperanto-Association, International Esperanto Academy Language and Literature (vice president), Danish Botanical Society, Am, Indiana Phytopath. Societies, Society Danish Licentiatae Agronomiae (founder), Danish Phytopath.
Society (president 1973-1978), International Science Academy Comerius (Uppsala, Sweden), Cybernetics Academy (Odobleja, Milan), American Phytopathol. Society, International Science Academy Comenius, Maison International Intellectuels, Academy Agriculture France, National Academy of Sciences India, Europa (Brussels) (vice president), Explorers Club (New York City).
Son of Aage de and Karen Andrea (Schio nning) Neergaard. Married Kamma Bodil Trautner, December 31, 1936. Children: Jo Rgen, Jesper, Birgitte, Marianne.