| RefNo | EC/1924/05 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XIII, 248; A02963 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Groom, Percy: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Date stamp on reverse |
| Citation | Distinguished for contributions to morphological and physiological botany, especially structure and mechanical properties of wood. Adviser on Timber to the Air Ministry during the war; now Consultant on Timber Research to Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Author of many original papers and of reports on structure and mechanical values of British timbers; some titles of important contributions to science are: - 'On 'Dischidia Rafflesiana''; 'Monocotyledonous Saprophytes'; 'Longitudinal Symmetry in Phanerogamia'; 'Occology of Coniferae'; 'Brown Oak and its Origin'; 'Significance of Tracheid-Caliber in Coniferae.' |
| Proposers | I B Balfour; V H Blackman; A C Seward; H C H Carpenter; D H Scott; E W MacBride; S H Vines |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1381 | Groom; Percy (1865 - 1931) | 1865 - 1931 |