George C. Clerk

George Carver Clerk

FGA
George Carver Clerk; FGA
	G. C. Clerk in 2011
Born	29 July 1931; Accra, Gold Coast
Died	2 May 2019 (aged 87); Accra, Ghana
Nationality	British subject (1931–1957); Ghanaian (1957–2019);
Education	Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School; University College of the Gold Coast; University of London (BSc); University of Bristol; Imperial College London (PhD - DIC);
Known for	First plant pathologist and mycologist in West Africa; Contributions to science education and phytopathology;
Awards	Fulbright Scholar (1973); Ghana Book Award (1982);
	Scientific career
Fields	Botany; Ecology; Mycology; Plant pathology;
Institutions	University of Ghana, Legon; University of Port Harcourt;
Thesis	Studies on the survival and germination of conidia of three entomogenous fungi (1963)
Doctoral advisor	Michael Francis Madelin
Other academic advisors	Ronald Karslake Starr Wood
Doctoral students	Christine Amoako-Nuamah
Other notable students	George Tawia Odamtten

George Carver Clerk, FGA (29 July 1931 – 2 May 2019) was a Ghanaian botanist and plant pathologist. A professor and later, an emeritus professor at the University of Ghana, Legon, he also focused his research on West African mycology and ecology. Clerk, along with his academic contemporary Ebenezer Laing (1931–2015), was one of Ghana's earliest practitioners of botany as a scientific discipline, in addition to his pioneering role as a plant pathologist in West Africa. In 1973, G. C. Clerk became a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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