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LC - Lapsed Certificates of candidature for Fellowship of the Royal Society
- 1942 - Lapsed Election Certificates

RefNo	LC/1942/10
Level	Item
Title	Ramsbottom, John
Date	26 December 1937
Description	Certificate of Candidate for Election to the Fellowship Suspended 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942 Lapsed 1942
Citation	Ramsbottom, John (Richmaond, Surrey). O.B.E., M.A. (Cantab). Keeper, Department of Botany, British Museum. President, Linnaean Society. Distinguished for his knowledge of Fungi. Mycologist at the British Museum since 1910, except for three years with R.A.M.C. as protozoologist, chiefly in Macedonia. Has applied modern laboratory methods to improvement of taxonomic investigation and greatly helped researches of others. Did much to put the growing of orchids by pure culture methods on a scientific basis and has given special attention to preservation of timber, fabrics adn the like. General Secretary, British Mycological Socity since 1923, co-editor since 1918. Publications: 'Fungi Pathogenic to Man' (Medical Research Council); 'Handbook to larger British Fungi' (British Museum). 'Fungi - An Introduction to Mycology.' etc.
Proposers	From Personal Knowledge: Proposer - A B Rendle; Seconder - E J Butler; F T Brooks; F E Weiss; A H Reginald Buller; Arthur W Hill; W T Calman; Martin A C Hinton
Extent	1 sheet
Format	Manuscript
AccessStatus	Open

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