Background
Garner, Wightman Wells was born on July 15, 1875 in Timmonsville, South Carolina, United States. Son of James Nathaniel and Joanna (Wright) Garner.
Garner, Wightman Wells was born on July 15, 1875 in Timmonsville, South Carolina, United States. Son of James Nathaniel and Joanna (Wright) Garner.
South Carolina. Military Academy, 1892-1893. Bachelor of Arts, University of South Carolina., 1896. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1900.
Doctor of Science, Clemson College, and North Carolina State College, 1937.
Instructor chemistry, private assistant to Professor A. Michael, Tufts College, Massachusetts, 1900-1903. Scientific assistant Bureau Chemistry, Department Agriculture, 1904. Scientific assistant in tobacco investigations, 1905-1908, physiologist in charge, tobacco and plant nutrition investigations, 1909-1940, principal physiological in charge, tobacco investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, 1941-1945.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society, American Genetic Association, Botanical Society America, American Society Naturalists, Washington Academy Sciences, American Society Plant Physiologists (Stephen Hale’s award 1930), American Society Agronomy, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Judith Goode, November 8, 1905.