| Authorised form of name | Ashby; Eric (1904 - 1992); Baron Ashby of Brandon, Suffolk |
| Dates | 1904 - 1992 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 24/08/1904 |
| Date of death | 22/10/1992 |
| Activity | Education:
City of London School (1916-1923); D.Sc. (London); L.L.D. (St Andrews, Aberdeen); Sc.D (Dublin); D.Sc. (National University Ireland); D.Litt. (Western Ontario)
Career:
Professor of Botany, University of Sydney; Professor of Botany, Manchester University; Vice-Chancellor, later Chancellor, Queen's University, Belfast; Master of Clare College, Cambridge; Vice-Chancelor, Cambridge University
Hon. Fellow, Imperial College London
Honours:
Kt 1956; Baron 1973
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/03/1963 |
| Age at election | 58 |
| RSActivity | Lectures:
Bernal 1971 |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1995 vol 41 pp 1-18, plate, by J Heslop-Harrison |
| Code | NA6610 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1963/02 | Ashby, Eric: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WRS/9121 | Ashby, Eric, Baron Ashby of Brandon Suffolk | nd |
| WF/289 | Grant application from Girton College, Cambridge, to the Wolfson Foundation | 1968-2010 |
| RR/61/18 | Second referee's report by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, on a paper 'Heterosis and the inheritance of quantitative characters' by Eric Ashby | May 1937 |
| WF/123 | Grant application from British Association for the Advancement of Science to the Wolfson Foundation | 1964-1974 |
| RR/61/17 | Referee's report by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, on a paper 'Heterosis and the inheritance of quantitative characters' by Eric Ashby | March 1937 |