Marie Beatrice Schol-Schwarz
Bea Schwarz | |
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Bea Schwarz (left) and her doctoral advisor Johanna Westerdijk in 1922 | |
| Born | Marie Beatrice Schwarz 12 July 1898 |
| Died | 27 July 1969 (aged 71) Baarn, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Utrecht University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Phytopathology |
| Thesis | Das Zweigsterben der Ulmen, Trauerweiden und Pfirsichbäume (Twig cancer in elms, weeping willows and peach trees) |
| Doctoral advisor | Johanna Westerdijk |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | M.B.Schwarz |
Marie Beatrice "Bea" Schol-Schwarz (12 July 1898 – 27 July 1969) was the Dutch phytopathologist who discovered the causal fungus of Dutch elm disease. She first studied pathogens afflicting peanuts and later the fungus Phialophora.