T.T. Macan Collection 1930s-1980s
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Macan, T.T. (Thomas Townley)
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T.T.Macan was born on 12th September 1910. He was educated at Wellington College and Cambridge University. After participating in an expedition to the Indian Ocean he accepted a post at the Freshwater Biological Association, Windermere. His career there started on 1st October 1935, and apart from war service, lasted until retirement on 31st March 1976. Macan's first task was to study distribution of closely related species in the family Corixdae but soon commenced work o...
Fritsch, Felix Eugène 1879-1954
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Felix Eugen Fritsch (1879-1954) was an expert in freshwater algae. He graduated from London University then going on to the University of Munich where he was an assistant in the botanical department from 1899-1901, where he obtained his Ph.D. When returning to England he joined the staff at University College, London in 1902, as an Assistant Professor from 1906-1911. In 1907 he began teaching at Queen Mary College, then called East London College where he was head of the botanical d...
Pearsall, William Harold, 1891-1964
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Pearsall was educated at the University of Manchester, was Chair of Botany at the University of Sheffield (1938-1944) and Quain Professor of Botany at the University of London, 1944- He was known for his botanical work on the Lake District of England and elsewhere and for his book: Mountains and moorlands. From the description of [Letters] 1930, Elf Hall, Broughton-in-Furness [to] Mr. Thompson / W.H. Pearsall. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 317962718 ...
