Henry M. Beachell

(1906- ) born in Waverly, lived in Grant, Perkins County. Agronomist, developer of high-yield varieties of rice, co-recipient of 1996 World Food Prize for research on rice that more than doubled world production over 30 years. Consult Agronomy Journal, Vol 54 (Jan/Feb 1962) 70 and the Lincoln Journal Star, October 16, 1996, p. B-3 and November 11, 1996, pp. B-1, B-7.

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