Person Raven; John Albert; botanist Raven John Albert botanist 1941 - 2024 British Male Wimbish, North Essex, England 25/06/1941 19410625 Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland 23/05/2024 20240523

botanist Astronomy Invertebrate zoology Vertebrate zoology Molecular biology Biochemistry Botany Education: Friends' School, Saffron Walden; Cambridge University (St John’s College) BA 1963; PhD 1967. Career: Lectured at Cambridge; moved to Dundee (1971); employed at the University of Dundee (1971-2008), as personal chair (1980); John Boyd Baxter Professor of Biology (1995- 2008); co-founding editor of peer reviewed scientific journal Plant, Cell & Environment (1978). Memberships: FRSE 1981 Botanical Society of Edinburgh (President 1986–88) Awards/Medals: Award of Excellence from Phycological Society of America 2002 Honorary Life Member of the British Phycological Society 2006 Parents: John Harold Edward Raven and Evelyn Falls (of Saffron Walden). John Raven devoted most of his working life to studying algae that float in the upper levels of the ocean. He explored how resources such as carbon dioxide, light and trace minerals interact to limit primary productivity in these evolutionarily ancient organisms, which underpin marine ecosystems and recycle carbon. He combined theoretical and laboratory studies, and extends from processes in individual plant cells to the biogeochemical exchanges that sustain the water and carbon cycles. His models have made it possible to test the effect of raised concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide at the ocean surface. He examined the evolution of land plants, developing models to predict the likelihood of plant life on other planets and the biological signals that might reveal their presence. In 2005, he led a Royal Society review of the increasing acidity of the oceans with rising atmospheric carbon dioxide. Committees: Sectional Committee 5: Earth & environmental sciences (December 2012 - November 2015) Sectional Committee 9: Patterns in populations (November 1998 - November 2001) Fellow 15/03/1990 48 The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Professor John Raven FRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/john-raven-12149/; last accessed: 29/01/2025] Current Biology, Howard Griffiths, 9 September 2024, John Raven (1941–2024), ObituaryVolume 34, Issue 17pR802-R804, [URL: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01008-X; last accessed: 29/01/2025] Raven J A IM003751.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/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Raven%2C+John+Albert 25 Jun 1941 - 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 29/01/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA4131 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 06/05/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 836cc530-86a1-4c15-96b0-d1a865b6dfcb