Background
Edgecombe, Samuel was born on July 7, 1907 in Decatur, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert and Luella (Wheeler) Edgecombe.
Edgecombe, Samuel was born on July 7, 1907 in Decatur, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert and Luella (Wheeler) Edgecombe.
Bachelor of Agricultural Science, U. Manitoba (awarded U. Gold Medal for Scholarship), 1930. Master of Science, Iowa State College (fellow in pomology), 1931, Doctor of Philosophy, 1936.
With Iowa Emergency Garden Relief Program, Iowa State College Extension Service, 1933, forest pathologist, 1933. Director subsistence gardens, Iowa Emergency Relief Administration, 1934, director Iowa Service Bureau Transients, 1934-1935. Extension assistant professor horticulture and chairman horticultural extension service, Iowa State College, 1935-1942, extension associate professor and associate research professor, 1941-1942.
Associate professor plant science, U. Manitoba, 1942-1944.
Research director, vice-president, director of board West. Atlee Burpee Company, Philadelphia, 1944-1947, vegetable production head, since 1945. Head, professor horticulture, Winnipeg Victory Garden Program.
Chairman Winnipeg Food Conservation Program Committee, 1942-1944. Vegetable judge, All American Selections, 1946.
1st vice president American Garden Foundation, 1947.
President Winnipeg Horticultural Society Association, 1943-1944. Honorary president Fort Garry Horticultural Society, 1943-1944. Director Manitoba Horticultural Association, 1942-1944.
Member Society Economics Entomologists, Iowa Academy Science, American Society Horticulture Science (member committee education, chairman 1950-1951), Associate of Arts Associate of Science, American Polmol. Society, Iowa State Horticultural Society (director at large 1941-1942), Utah, Washington, Colorado horticultural societies, Western Canadian Society Horticultural (1st president, 1943-1944), Agricultural Institute Canada, New York Botanical Garden, American Academy Political and Social Science, American Horticultural Society, Pan American Association Philadelphia, American Beekeepers Federation (chairman honey and pollen plants committee, 1948-1952), Sigma Xi. President-byn.; Club: Utah Associate Garden.
Married Winnie Davis Slusser, June 10, 1932. Children: Virginia Elaine (Mistress Richard K. Johnson), Roberta-Gay (Mistress Stephen Shadle).