| Authorised form of name | Fogg; Gordon Elliott (1919 - 2005) |
| Other forms of name | Tony |
| Dates | 1919 - 2005 |
| Place of birth | Langar, Nottinghamshire |
| Date of birth | 26/04/1919 |
| Place of death | Llandegfan, Anglesey |
| Date of death | 30/01/2005 |
| Occupation | Botanist; worked in cyanobacteria |
| Activity | Education:
Dulwich College; Queen Mary College, London (1937)
Career:
Registered as a conscientious objector during WW2 conditional on undertaking research, assisted in national survey of seaweed resources - researched algaes used to make water soluble silk for parachutes to drop mines at sea, worked on pest control for Pest Control Ltd at Harston; Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Reader in Botany, University College London (1945-1960); Professor of Botany, Westfield College, London (1960-1971); Professor of Marine Biology, University College of North Wales (1971-1985) (Emeritus); President, British Phycological Society (1961-1962); Chairman, British Antarctic Survey Scientific Advisory Committee (1971-1964); Chairman, Freshwater Biological Association Council (1974-1985); Chairman, Scientific Advisory Panel, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1974-1982); President, Institute of Biology (1976-1977); sat on Council of NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) and on Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
Honours:
CBE 1983 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1965 |
| Age at election | 45 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1980-1982
Lectures:
Leeuwenhoek 1968 |
| Relationships | Son of a Methodist minister; married (1945) Beryl Llechid-Jones (died 1997) |
| Sources | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2006 vol 52 pp 97-116, plate, by Anthony E Walsby
Obituary in Independent (18 February 2005) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/61625549 |
| Royal Society code | NA4169 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1965/10 | Fogg, Gordon Elliott: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WRS/9375 | Fogg, Gordon Elliott | nd |
| RR/70/100 | Referee's report by David Thoday, on a paper 'Quantitative studies on the wetting of leaves by water' by Gordon Elliott Fogg | 1947 |
| RR/70/101 | Referee's report by Neil Kensington Adam, on a paper 'Quantitative studies on the wetting of leaves by water' by Gordon Elliott Fogg | 1947 |
| MS/916 | Lecture notes by Gordon Elliott Fogg | 1938-1946 |
| MS/911 | Watercolour collection of Gordon (Tony) Fogg | 18th Century-20th Century |