astronomy

Lafayette Frederick

Lafayette Frederick is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Lafayette Frederick rather than just read about it. In short: Lafayette Frederick (9 March 1923 - 29 December 2018) was an American plant pathologist, mycologist, and specialist in myxomycete ecology and systematics. Biography Frederick was born in Dog Bog, a rural town near Friars Point, Mississippi.

Key takeaways

Lafayette Frederick belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Lafayette Frederick to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Lafayette Frederick from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Lafayette Frederick (9 March 1923 - 29 December 2018) was an American plant pathologist, mycologist, and specialist in myxomycete ecology and systematics.

Biography Frederick was born in Dog Bog, a rural town near Friars Point, Mississippi. He grew up in Missouri. In 1943, Frederick earned his bachelor's degree at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. He pursued graduate work at the University of Hawaii before earning his master's degree in botany at the University of Rhode Island in 1950. He earned his PhD at Washington State University under Charles Gardner Shaw. Frederick joined the biology department at Southern University, before becoming chair of the Department of Biology at Atlanta University. He later joined the Department of Botany at Howard University in 1976, where he worked before retiring in 1993. Frederick served as vice president of the Association of Southeastern Biologists from 1984 to 1985, and as president from 1985 to 1986.

Legacy The Lafayette Frederick Underrepresented Minorities Scholarship is a scholarship given by the Association of Southeastern Biologists. Harold St. John named the species Cyrtandra frederickii in his honor.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Lafayette Frederick

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Lafayette Frederick claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Lafayette Frederick before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Lafayette Frederick ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Lafayette Frederick

In research: Lafayette Frederick appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Lafayette Frederick in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Lafayette Frederick is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1923 births, 2018 deaths, 20th-century African-American academics, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Lafayette Frederick outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Lafayette Frederick in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Lafayette Frederick means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Lafayette Frederick in simple terms?

Lafayette Frederick (9 March 1923 - 29 December 2018) was an American plant pathologist, mycologist, and specialist in myxomycete ecology and systematics. Biography Frederick was born in Dog Bog, a rural town near Friars Point, Mississippi.

Why does Lafayette Frederick matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Lafayette Frederick?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Lafayette Frederick.