Eugène Mayor

Eugène Mayor (7 June 1877, Neuchâtel – 14 September 1976, Neuchâtel) was a Swiss physician and mycologist.

He studied medicine in Geneva, and from 1906 worked as a physician in his hometown of Neuchâtel. In 1910, with parasitologist Otto Fuhrmann, he embarked on a scientific expedition to Colombia, about which, the book [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012291471 "''Voyage d'exploration scientifique en Colombie''"] was written. From 1913 to 1942 he served as a physician at the cantonal hospice of Perreux-sur-Boudry (Neuchâtel).

During his career he received honorary degrees form the universities of Bern and Neuchâtel. From 1912 to 1914 he was president of the ''Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles''. He was the author of numerous articles on mycology (''Notes mycologiques'') in the publication, "''Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise''". Provided by Wikipedia