He was born on a farm between Grandview and Martin City, Missouri—now in Kansas City. He grew to manhood on the Stone Family homestead in Lincoln Township, Smith County, Kansas. Highschool in Downs, Kansas. College at Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan. Served in France during WWI as private Battery C Coast Artillery. Farmed a few years in Smith County, Kansas. MS & PhD in genetics Iowa State University. Chairman of both (research & teaching) Agronomy Departments, University of Florida. First person anywhere to artificially breed peanuts. Developed several hybrid corn varieties that helped farmers in the SouthEast USA. He consulted in the breeding of plants (and animals) all over the state of Florida at the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Florida and the other field stations. Ruling elder Presbyterian Church. District BoyScout leader. A street in Gainesville is named Hull Drive in his memory. He is buried at the corner of Lincoln and L'Enfant Drives in the Arlington National Cemetery
He was born on a farm between Grandview and Martin City, Missouri—now in Kansas City. He grew to manhood on the Stone Family homestead in Lincoln Township, Smith County, Kansas. Highschool in Downs, Kansas. College at Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan. Served in France during WWI as private Battery C Coast Artillery. Farmed a few years in Smith County, Kansas. MS & PhD in genetics Iowa State University. Chairman of both (research & teaching) Agronomy Departments, University of Florida. First person anywhere to artificially breed peanuts. Developed several hybrid corn varieties that helped farmers in the SouthEast USA. He consulted in the breeding of plants (and animals) all over the state of Florida at the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Florida and the other field stations. Ruling elder Presbyterian Church. District BoyScout leader. A street in Gainesville is named Hull Drive in his memory. He is buried at the corner of Lincoln and L'Enfant Drives in the Arlington National Cemetery
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