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'''Francis Wall Oliver''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal | last1 = Salisbury | first1 = E. J. | authorlink = Edward James Salisbury| title = Francis Wall Oliver. 1864-1951 | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1952.0015 | journal = [[Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 8 | issue = 21 |page=229 | year = 1952 | jstor = 768810| pmid = | pmc = }}</ref> (10 May 1864 – 14 September 1951) was an English botanist.

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'''Francis Wall Oliver''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal | last1 = Salisbury | first1 = E. J. | authorlink = Edward James Salisbury| title = Francis Wall Oliver. 1864-1951 | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1952.0015 | journal = [[Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 8 | issue = 21 |page=229 | year = 1952 | jstor = 768810| pmid = | pmc = }}</ref> (10 May 1864 – 14 September 1951) was a [[UK|British]] [[botanist]].


He was educated at [[Bootham School]],<ref>{{cite book|first=Bootham Old Scholars Association |title=Bootham School Register|place=York, England|publisher=BOSA|year=2011|ref=harv}}</ref><ref>[http://www.oup.com/view/article/35304 ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'']</ref> York.
He was educated at [[Bootham School]],<ref>{{cite book|first=Bootham Old Scholars Association |title=Bootham School Register|place=York, England|publisher=BOSA|year=2011|ref=harv}}</ref><ref>[http://www.oup.com/view/article/35304 ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'']</ref> York.
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Revision as of 19:37, 19 September 2016

Francis Wall Oliver FRS[1] (10 May 1864 – 14 September 1951) was an English botanist.

He was educated at Bootham School,[2][3] York.

He was Quain Professor of Botany at University College London 1890–1925 and then Professor of Botany at the University of Cairo 1929–1935. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1905.[1][4] He was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1925.

The standard author abbreviation F.Oliv. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Salisbury, E. J. (1952). "Francis Wall Oliver. 1864-1951". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 8 (21): 229. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1952.0015. JSTOR 768810.
  2. ^ Bootham School Register. York, England: BOSA. 2011. {{cite book}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  3. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  4. ^ "OLIVER, Francis W." Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1330.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  F.Oliv.
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