| RefNo | EC/1954/17 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XVI, 106; A05807 |
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| Title | Preston, Reginald Dawson: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Ph.D.; D.Sc. (Leeds), F.Inst.P - Distinguished for his researches on the organisation of the plant cell wall, chiefly by polarisation optics, X-ray analysis, and electron microscopy. Has established quantitatively how the structure of a secondary wall is a function of cell dimensions; has contributed greatly to our knowledge of the 'crossed fibrillar' type of structure first announced in Valonia; was the first to observe in the electron microscope the occurrence of cellulose as uniform microfibrils; and has carried out an X-ray study of 70 species of algae. Has also done work on the water relations of plants. A list of 60 publications is attached. |
| Proposers | From personal knowledge. W T Astbury; W H Pearsall; T A Bennet-Clark; F G Gregory; R Whiddington; M Thomas; E C Stoner; D Thoday |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4674 | Preston; Reginald Dawson (1908 - 2000) | 1908 - 2000 |