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Frederick Orpen Bower1855—1948
British botanist (1855–1948)
Frederick Orpen Bower FRSE FRS was an English botanist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1891. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society in 1909 and the Darwin Medal of the Royal Society in 1938. He was president of the British Association in 1929–1930.
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- 出生
- 1855 年 11 月 4 日,利邦
- 逝世
- 1948 年 4 月 11 日,利邦
- 国籍
- 英国
- 学科
- 生物学
- 职业
- 植物学家
- 母语 / 工作语言
- 英语
- 母校
- 斯特拉斯堡大学、维尔茨堡大学
- 工作单位
- 格拉斯哥大学
师承
来自 Wikidata 的「博士导师」「师从」「博士生」「学生」记录,可能不全。
所获奖项(6)
- 1909林奈奖章
- 1910皇家奖章
- 1938达尔文奖章
- —英国皇家学会院士
- —爱丁堡皇家学会会员
- —Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
学会与院士
百科正文
本条目暂无中文维基百科条目,下面是英文维基百科原文。
Life
Bower was born in Ripon in Yorkshire the son of Abraham Bower and Cornelia Morris, sister of the eminent botanist, Francis Orpen Morris. He was educated at Repton School in Derbyshire before studying at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated MA in 1877.
In 1880, he acquired a position as assistant lecturer in botany at University College, London under Thomas Huxley. In 1882, he moved to South Kensington as a full Lecturer in botany. During this period he spent time at Kew Gardens studying with Dukinfield Henry Scott. In 1885, he was awarded the chair in botany at the University of Glasgow, and was a professor there until 1925.
Bower never married. When he retired he returned to Ripon, and died there in April 1948.
Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1886)
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1891)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Belgium
- Fellow of the Academy of Science of Munich
- Fellow of the Royal Danish Society
Honours and awards
He was elected president of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh for 1893–95.
He served as vice president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1910 to 1916 and president from 1919 to 1924, receiving the Neill Prize in 1925.
Archives
The archives for Frederick Orpen Bower are maintained by the Archives of the University of Glasgow (GUAS).
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