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Authorised form of nameWeatherley; Paul Egerton (1917 - 2001)
Dates1917 - 2001
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLeicester, Leicestershire, England
Date of birth06/05/1917
Date of death08/08/2001
Research fieldBotany
ActivityEducation:
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
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/03/1973
Age at election55
RelationshipsMarried (1942) Margaret; one son, three daughters
SourceSources:
Times obituary 12 October 2001
CodeNA7872
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1973/30Weatherley, Paul Egerton: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/GRS/6332Weatherley, Paul Egertonnd
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