Beath, Orville A. (Orville Andrew), 1884-

Orville A. Beath was a professor of chemistry and leader of a team (Irene Rosenfeld, Carl S. Gilbert and Harold F. Eppson) at the University of Wyoming which researched plant chemistry, poisonous constituents of western range plants, seleniferous vegetation, chemical valuation of native forage plants and the geology of selenium distribution. Beath was an internationally known authority on the toxicity of selenium and authored or coauthored fifty-nine publications on this and related subjects including "Selenium: Its Geological Occurance and its Biological Effects in Relation to Botany, Chemistry, Agriculture, Nutrition and Medicine" (1940 with Sam F. Trelease) and "Selenium in Relation to Geobotanical Occurance and Toxicity, Nutrition, Chemistry and Biochemistry" (1964 with Irene Rosenfeld).

From the description of Papers, 1924-1988. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 24224015

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