Edwin Broun Fred (March 22, 1887 – January 16, 1981) was an American bacteriologist and academic who was the 15th president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, serving from 1945 to 1958. Born in Virginia, Fred studied at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the University of Göttingen. After briefly teaching at Virginia Polytechnic, Fred took a position with Wisconsin. He was dean of the graduate school from 1934 until 1943, then was dean of the College of Agriculture until 1945. He ascended to the presidency and was known for his response to the postwar growth in admissions. Fred was the president of the Society of American Bacteriologists in 1932. (From Wikipedia)
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Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: Root Nodule Bacteria and Leguminous Plants (1932), also by Ira L. Baldwin and Elizabeth McCoy (page images with commentary at Wisconsin)
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Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: Biomedical studies of sauerkraut (1927), also by Harris Barnum Parmele, William Edward Vaughn, William Harold Peterson, and James Edwin McConkie (page images at HathiTrust)- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: The comparative effect of phosphates and sulphates on soil bacteria (Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Wisconsin, 1915), also by E. B. Hart (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: The gain in nitrogen from growth of legumes on acid soils (Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Wisconsin, 1916), also by E. J. Graul (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: Grouping of legumes according to biological reactions of their seed proteins : possible explanation of phenomenon of cross inoculation ([Chicago, 1927), also by Ira L. Baldwin and Edwin George Hastings (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: The hydrolysis of native proteins by Bacillus granulobacter pectinovorum and the influence of the carbohydrate-protein ratio on the products of fermentations (Gustav Fischer], 1926), also by Helen-Louise Fulton and William Harold Peterson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: Inoculation increases yield and quality of peas for canning (Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Wisconsin, 1925), also by Albert L. Whiting and J. W. Stevens (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: Laboratory manual of general microbiology : with special reference to the microorganisms of the soil (McGraw-Hill, 1928), also by Selman A. Waksman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: A laboratory manual of soil bacteriology (W. B. Saunders company, 1916) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: Production of lactic acid by fermentation of wood sugar remaining after alcoholic fermentation (1928), also by Eldor August Marten, E. G. Sherrard, and W. H. Peterson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: Root nodule bacteria and leguminous plants (Madison, 1932) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: Root nodule bacteria of leguminosae (Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Wisconsin, 1926), also by Albert L. Whiting and E. G. Hastings (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: A study of the influence of inoculation upon the fermentation of sauerkraut (Government Printing Office, 1925), also by Orvin Richard Brunkow and W. H. Peterson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: A study of the principal changes which take place in the making of silage (Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Wisconsin, 1925), also by W. H. Peterson and E. G. Hastings (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: Textbook of agricultural bacteriology (McGraw-Hill Book Company, inc., 1923), also by F. Löhnis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: A University remembers (University of Wisconsin, 1969) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fred, Edwin Broun, 1887-1981: The value of lime and inoculation for alfalfa and clover on acid soils (Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Wisconsin, 1922), also by E. J. Graul (page images at HathiTrust)
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