Background
Rolfs, Peter Henry was born on April 17, 1865 in Le Claire, Iowa, United States. Son of Maas Peter and Maria Christina (Neimeier) Rolfs.
Rolfs, Peter Henry was born on April 17, 1865 in Le Claire, Iowa, United States. Son of Maas Peter and Maria Christina (Neimeier) Rolfs.
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State College, Ames, 1889, Master of Science, 1891, assistant in botany, 1891. Doctor of Science, University of Florida, 1920.
Entomologist and botanist, 1891-1892, botanist and horticulturist, 1892-1898, Florida Experiment Station. Professor botany and horticulture, Florida Agricultural College, 1895-1890. Botanist and bacteriologist, Clemson College (South Carolina.) and Agricultural Experiment Station, 1899-1901.
Plant pathologist, Subtropical Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Miami, Florida, 1901-1906.
Director Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, 1906-1921. Director extension division, 1913-1921.
Dean College of Agriculture, University of Florida, 1915-1921. Commissioned to locate, organize and conduct agricultural college for State of Minas Geraes, Brazil, 1921-1929.
Consultor Technico de Agricultura do Estado de Minas Geraes, 1929-1933.
State superintendent of Farmers’ Institute, 1907-1919. Agricultural director Florida State Fair, 1917. Chairman State Food Commission and State Council of Defense, 1917-1918.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Botanical Society America (honorary life.
Married Effie Stone, August 25, 1892 (died March 31, 1929). Children: Mistress Effie Hargrave, Clarissa.