Person Fogg; Gordon Elliott (1919 - 2005) Fogg Gordon Elliott Tony 1919 - 2005 Male Langar, Nottinghamshire 26/04/1919 19190426 Llandegfan, Anglesey 30/01/2005 20050130

Botanist; worked in cyanobacteria 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 Son of a Methodist minister; married (1945) Beryl Llechid-Jones (died 1997) Royal Society roles: Council: 1980-1982 Lectures: Leeuwenhoek 1968 Fellow 18/03/1965 45 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) ©Godfrey Argent Studio 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://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-19202 26 Apr 1919 - 30 Jan 2005 NA4169 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/61625549 ea38d5da-51ff-4354-9077-bb5587161755