Francis Wall Oliver
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.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bootham School Register. York, England: BOSA. 2011.
{{cite book}}:|first=missing|last=(help); Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ "OLIVER, Francis W." Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1330.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. F.Oliv.
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