| RefNo | EC/1965/22 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XVII, 141 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Maheshwari, Panchanan: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 1958 |
| Description | Certificate of Election |
| Citation | Distinguished for his contributions to the embryology of seed-plants, in which field he is the leading authority. Through the steady accumulation of published research by himself and his research school he has over a period of 30 years advanced this difficult subject to the level in which it is becoming a criterion of systematic botany. His international reputation is established as editor of Phytomorphology since its foundation (1951). His leading position in plant-morphology in India is shown by the eminent presidencies he has held there since 1950 text-book on Angiosperm embryology is outstanding for its clearness. He is now promoting experimental embryology in India. |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge: E J H Corner; Agnes Arber; H Hamshaw Thomas; E J Maskell; Tom M Harris; R Ruggles Gates; J B S Haldane; P C Mahalanobis; F C STeward; R L Wain; O H Frankel;
From General Knowledge: E J Salisbury; D Thoday; T A Bennet-Clark; D G Catchside |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA979 | Maheshwari; Panchanan (1904 - 1966) | 1904 - 1966 |