| RefNo | EC/1914/04 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XIII, 65; A00614 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Biffen, Sir Rowland Harry: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Date stamp on reverse |
| Citation | Professor of Agricultural Botany in the University of Cambridge. Distinguished for his mycological investigations and for researches into the breeding of cereals. Author of : - 'The Functions of Latex' (Ann Bot, vol xi); 'The Coagulation of Latex' (ibid, vol xii); 'Methods of Preparing India Rubber' (Journal Soc Arts, vol xlvii); 'Notes on some Grafting Experiments' (Ann Bot, vol xvi); 'On the Biology of 'Agaricus velutipes'' (Journ Linn Soc, vol xxxiv); 'On the Biology of 'Bulgaria polymorpha' (Ann Bot, vol xv); 'A Fat-destroying Fungus' (ibid, vol xiii); 'Some Factors in the Spore-formation of 'Acrospeira mirabilis'' (Proc Camb Phil Soc, vol xi); 'On the Life-history of 'Acrospeira mirabilis'' (Trans Brit Mycol Soc, 1902); 'Experiments on the Seeding of Temporary Pastures' (Agric Report); 'Wheat-breeding' (Proc Camb Phil Soc, vol xii); 'Mendel's Laws of Inheritance and Wheat-breeding' (Journ Agric Sci, vol i); 'An Attempt to find a Basis for the Improvement of the Barley Crop' (Journ Inst Brewing, vol xii); 'The Inheritance of Sterility in Barleys' (Journ Agric Sci, vol i); 'Studies in the Inheritance of Disease Resistance' (ibid, vols ii and iii); 'The Hybridization of Barleys' (Proc Camb Phil Soc, vol xiii); 'The Application of Mendal's Laws of Inheritance to Breeding Problems' (Journ Roy Soc, vol lxvii); 'The Improvement of English Wheat' (ibid, vol ii); 'Modern Methods of Plant-breeding' (Hybrid Conf Rep Roy Hort Soc); 'The Hybridization of Barleys' (Journ Agric Sci, vol ii); 'The Application of Mendel's Law to the Improvement of the Barley Crop' (Journ Agric Sci, vol ii); 'Rust in Wheat ' (Journ Board Agtic, vol xv); 'Wheat Breeding' (ibid, vol xvii); The Inheritance of Strength in Wheat' (Journ Agric Sci, vol iii); 'Factors Controlling Susceptibility to Disease in Plants' (Journ Roy Hort Soc, 1913); and other papers. |
| Proposers | A C Seward; W Bateson; H T Brown; Francis Darwin; F F Blackman; David Prain; O Stapf; R C Punnett; A D Hall; H Gadow; F W Oliver |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1725 | Biffen; Sir; Rowland Harry (1874 - 1949) | 1874 - 1949 |