| Authorised form of name | Posnette; Adrian Frank (1914 - 2004) |
| Other forms of name | Peter |
| Dates | 1914 - 2004 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Kings Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
| Date of birth | 11/01/1914 |
| Date of death | 17/07/2004 |
| Occupation | Plant pathologist |
| Activity | Education:
Cheltenham Grammar School; Christ's College, Cambridge (1932)
Career:
Research scholarship, Colonial Agricultural Service at Cambridge University School of Agriculture and Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture in Trinidad (1935); posted on Gold Coast (Ghana), worked to preserve West African cocoa crop by developing hybrid Trinitaro plants (1937-1949); East Malling Research Station working on solutions to disease in strawberries and other fruits (1949), head of Pathology Department (1957), deputy director (1969-1972), director (1972-1979); visiting Professor in Plant Sciences at Wye College, London University; awarded Royal Horticultural Society's Victoria Medal of Honour (1982)
Honours:
CBE 1976
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1971 |
| Age at election | 57 |
| Relationships | Married (1937) Isabelle La Roche (died 1991) |
| Source | Non preferred term: named Peter by his nanny
Sources:
Obituaries in Daily Telegraph (27/07/2004), The Times (01/09/2004) |
| Code | NA4461 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1971/22 | Posnette, Adrian Frank: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/GRS/5925 | Posnette, Adrian Frank | nd |
| IM/001636 | Ghana Academy of Sciences: visit of agricultural specialists from the UK | nd |
| S/0037 | Sculpture of Adrian Frank Posnette and Geoffrey Emett Blackman | c.1979 |