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frederick, orpen, bower, frse, november, 1855, april, 1948, english, botanist, elected, fellow, royal, society, 1891, awarded, gold, medal, linnean, society, 1909, darwin, medal, royal, society, 1938, president, british, association, 1929, 1930, born4, novembe. Frederick Orpen Bower FRSE FRS 1 4 November 1855 11 April 1948 was an English botanist He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1891 1 He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society in 1909 and the Darwin Medal of the Royal Society in 1938 2 He was president of the British Association in 1929 1930 3 Frederick Orpen BowerBorn4 November 1855Died11 April 1948 1948 04 12 aged 92 NationalityBritishAwardsLinnean Medal 1909 Royal Medal 1910 Darwin Medal Fellow of the Royal Society 1 Scientific careerFieldsbotanyAuthor abbrev botany BowerFrederick Orpen Bower in 1924 Contents 1 Life 2 Memberships 3 Honours and awards 4 Publications 5 Archives 6 References 7 External linksLife editBower 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 4 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 editFellow 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 SocietyHonours and awards editHe was elected president of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh for 1893 95 5 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 6 Publications editPractical Botany for Beginners 1894 The Origin of a Land Flora 1908 Plant Life of Land 1911 The Ferns 3 vols 1923 28 Plants and Man 1925 Size and Form in Plants 1930 Primitive Land Plants 1935 4 Sixty Years of Botany in Britain 1875 1935 1938 7 Archives editThe archives for Frederick Orpen Bower are maintained by the Archives of the University of Glasgow GUAS The standard author abbreviation Bower is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 8 References edit a b c Lang W H 1949 Fredrick Orpen Bower 1855 1948 Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 6 18 346 374 doi 10 1098 rsbm 1949 0002 JSTOR 768929 S2CID 162245715 W H Lang Bower Frederick Orpen 1855 1948 rev Thomas Junker The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press 2004 doi 10 1093 ref odnb 31999 Subscription or UK public library membership required Presidential Address to the British Association Meeting held at Bristol in 1930 a b Frederick Orpen Bower English botanist THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 1836 1936 PDF p 15 Archived from the original PDF on 11 March 2017 Retrieved 11 August 2018 C D Waterston A Macmillan Shearer July 2006 Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 2002 Part 2 K Z PDF ISBN 090219884X Retrieved 13 February 2022 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a website ignored help Bower Frederick Orpen 1855 1948 botanist Archived from the original on 15 January 2015 Retrieved 4 May 2015 International Plant Names Index Bower External links edit nbsp Wikisource has original works by or about Frederick Orpen Bower NAHSTE Papers of Frederick Orpen Bower at www nahste ac uk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frederick Orpen Bower amp oldid 1191895343, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
