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Edward James Salisbury

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British botanist, ecologist, university lecturer and director of Kew gardens (1886-1978)

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Sir Edward James Salisbury CBE FRS was an English botanist and ecologist. He was born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire and graduated in botany from University College London in 1905. Sc. with a thesis on fossil seeds and was appointed a senior lecturer at East London College.

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Awards 5

1945Royal Medal
1935Veitch Memorial Medal
Fellow of the Royal Society
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Bachelor

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Sir Edward James Salisbury CBE FRS was an English botanist and ecologist. He was born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire and graduated in botany from University College London in 1905. In 1913, he obtained a D.Sc. with a thesis on fossil seeds and was appointed a senior lecturer at East London College. He returned to University College London as a senior lecturer, from 1924 as a reader in plant ecology and from 1929 as Quain Professor of botany.

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United Kingdom
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1886 to 1978 · aged 92
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