| Authorised form of name | Weatherley; Paul Egerton (1917 - 2001) |
| Dates | 1917 - 2001 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Date of birth | 06/05/1917 |
| Date of death | 08/08/2001 |
| Research field | Botany |
| Activity | Education:
Wyggeston Grammar School; Keble College, Oxford (botany); Imperial College, Trinidad (tropical agriculture, to 1942). DPhil (1949, Oxford)
Career:
Postgraduate work on fungi, Keble College, Oxford; bred cotton, Uganda Protectorate (1942-1947); Assistant Lecturer, Manchester University (1947-1949); Nottingham University (1949-1959); Reguis Professor of Botany, Aberdeen University (1959); retired (1981); his main area of work throughout his career concentrated on water consumption in plants; suffered from Parkinson's disease
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/03/1973 |
| Age at election | 55 |
| Relationships | Married (1942) Margaret; one son, three daughters |
| Source | Sources:
Times obituary 12 October 2001 |
| Code | NA7872 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1973/30 | Weatherley, Paul Egerton: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/GRS/6332 | Weatherley, Paul Egerton | nd |