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F. W. Sansome
Frederick Whalley Sansome CBE FRSE Linnean Society, FLS (1902–1981) was a 20th-century British botanist who spent most of his later professional life teaching in Africa. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 27 February 1902 the son of Alfred Woodrow Sansome, a draper in F S Sansome & Son at 32 Queensferry Street, and his wife Kate Elizabeth Whalley. The family lived at 21 Merchiston Crescent, a flat in the Bruntsfield district. By 1910 they had moved to a larger house, an end-terraced villa at 2 Cluny Place in the south of the city. He was educated in Edinburgh then studied Botany at Edinburgh University graduating BSc then continuing as a postgraduate and gaining a doctorate (PhD). In 1923 he began work as an assistant at the Plant Breeding Station in Edinburgh under the directorship of James Montagu Frank Drummond, J M F Drummond. from there he obtained a post as Assistant Lecturer in Botany at Glasgow University. He then became Senior Lecturer in Horticulture at Manchester Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FRSE
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and Literature, letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This society received a royal charter in 1783, allowing for its expansion. Elections Around 50 new fellows are elected each year in March. there are around 1,650 Fellows, including 71 Honorary Fellows and 76 Corresponding Fellows. Fellows are entitled to use the post-nominal letters FRSE, Honorary Fellows HonFRSE, and Corresponding Fellows CorrFRSE. Disciplines The Fellowship is split into four broad sectors, covering the full range of physical and life sciences, arts, humanities, social sciences, education, professions, industry, business and public life. A: Life sciences * A1: Biomedical and cognitive sciences * A2: Clinical sciences * A3: Organismal and environmental biology * A4: Cell and molecular biology B: Physical, enginee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |