Person Farmer; Sir; John Bretland (1865 - 1944); botanist Farmer John Bretland Sir botanist 1865 - 1944 British Male Atherstone, Warwickshire, England 05 April 1865 18650405 Exmouth Nursing Home, Exmouth, Devon, England 26/01/1944 19440126

botanist Botany Education: Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Atherstone; Magdalen College, Oxford MA (Oxon) Career: University demonstrator in botany at Oxford University (1887); elected at his college to a fellowship (1897); assistant professor in the Royal College of Science at South Kensington (1892); raised to a full professorship when the college merged into the newly established Imperial College of Science and Technology (1895-1929); director of the college’s biological laboratories (1931). Honours: Kt 1926 Memberships: FLS Alpine Club Climbers' Club (President 1910–12) Parents: John Henry Farmer, of independent means, and Elizabeth Corbett, daughter of John Bretland of Nottingham. Spouse: Edith May Gertrude, daughter of the Revd Charles Pritchard, Savilian professor of astronomy at Oxford (1892). Children: One daughter. Royal Society roles: VP 1919-1921 Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1919 Lectures: Croonian 1907 Fellow 14/06/1900 35 William Carruthers; Arthur Lister; Harry Marshall Ward; Walter Gardiner; Albert Charles Seward; Joseph Reynolds Green; William Turner Thiselton-Dyer; John Scott Haldane Isaac Bayley Balfour; Frederick Orpen Bower; James William Helenus Trail; Dukinfield Henry Scott; Horace Tabberer Brown; George King; Charles Baron Clarke; George Murray; Sidney Howard Vines; Francis Darwin Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1945-1948 vol 5 pp 17-31, plate, by V H Blackman Farmer J B, IM Maull 001367.jpg International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1945.0002 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Farmer%2C+John+Bretland RCN 14218 RCN 38858 5 Apr 1865 - 26 Jan 1944 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 12/06/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1831 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/22920562 aa5d6765-e1ac-4e63-8d51-f47756062368