Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth

Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth (born in Birmingham on October 9, 1905; died in Derby on October 25, 1998) was a British mycologist and scientific historian.

Education and work

He received his doctorate from the University of London in 1934. From the 1930s to 1960s he studied and wrote on fungi including their medical uses. Later he wrote on the history of the field with An Introduction to the History of Mycology (1976), An Introduction to the History of Plant Pathology (1981), and An Introduction to the History of Medical Mycology in 1986.

Awards

• 1980 Linnean Medal, shared with Roy Crowson