Paul Andries van der Bijl’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro South African mycologist
A.K.A. Van der Byl
Was Scientist 
Botanist 
Biologist 
Mycologist 
From Netherlands 
South Africa 
Type Biology 
Science 
Gender male
Birth 25 May 1888, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Death 25 July 1939, Stellenbosch, South Africa
(aged 51 years)
Star sign Gemini

Paul Andries van der Bijl (23 May 1888 – 1939) was a South African mycologist known for his work on polypores or bracket fungi. Born on his father’s farm in the Paarl district of South Africa, he graduated from the University of Stellenbosch (formerly Victoria College) in 1909. In 1911 van der Bijl was appointed mycologist and phytopathologist at the South African National Collection of Fungi. In 1914 he was proposed as a member of the Linnean Society of London. In 1915 he headed the newly established phytopathological laboratory at the National Herbarium. He became the first professor of plant pathology in South Africa at the University of Stellenbosch in 1921. Stefanus Johannes Du Plessis (1908–1995) was a student of his. His surname is alternatively spelled “Van der Byl”.

Publications

  • Van der Bijl PA. (1916). “Note on Polyporus lucidus Leyss., and its effect on the wood of the willow”. South African Journal of Science. 13: 506–515.
  • Van der Bijl PA. (1917). “Fomes applanatus (Pers.) Wallr. in South Africa, and its effect on the wood of Black ironwood trees (Olea laurofolia)”. South African Journal of Science. 14: 485–492.
  • Van der Bijl PA. (1921). “Note on Lysurus woodii (MacOwan), Lloyd”. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 9 (2): 191–193. doi:10.1080/00359192109520209.
  • Van der Bijl PA. (1921). “South African Xylarias occurring around Durban, Natal”. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 9 (2): 181–183. doi:10.1080/00359192109520206.
  • Van der Bijl PA. (1921). “The genus Tulostoma in South Africa”. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 9 (2): 185–186. doi:10.1080/00359192109520207.
  • Van der Bijl PA. (1922). “A contribution to our understanding of the Polyporaceae of South Africa”. South African Journal of Science: 243–293.
  • Van der Bijl PA. (1922). “Some South African stereums”. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 10 (1): 151–157. doi:10.1080/00359192209519276.
  • Van der Bijl PA. (1924). “Descriptions of additional South African Polyporeae” in South African Journal of Science”. 21: 308–313.
The standard author abbreviation Van der Byl is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
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