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Edward James Salisbury
British botanist, ecologist, university lecturer and director of Kew gardens (1886-1978) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 92
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.
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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.
