David H. S. Richardson
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David Horsfall Stuart Richardson is a British and Canadian lichenologist noted for his studies on the effects of
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upon
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. Richardson was awarded a
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from the
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for his thesis entitled ''Studies in the biology and physiology of lichens with special reference to Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th. Fr.'' Richardson was a professor at
Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...
, Ireland before transferring to
Saint Mary's University, Halifax Saint Mary's University (SMU) is a public university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The school is best known for having nationally leading programs in business and chemistry. The campus is situated in Halifax's South End and covers ap ...
,
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, Canada.  Until July 2006, he served as Dean of Science at St. Mary's University for numerous years. Richardson usually teaches a week-long seminar on lichen identification each summer at the Humboldt Field Research Institute at Eagle Hill along the coast of Maine.


Honours

*Recipient of the George Lawson Medal from the Canadian Botanical Association in 2000. *Recipient of the Paragon Award in 2003 from the Halifax Ambassador Club
Award and Brief Biography
*Lichen, ''Skyttea richardsonii'' named by Teresa Iturriaga and David L. Hawksworth to honor David Richardson.
On line publication
Iturriaga, Teresa and David L. Hawksworth. 2004. Skyttea richardsonii sp. nov. from Maine, with a key to the species known from North America. Mycologia 96 (4):925-928.


References


External links


Letter from Dr. Richardson, Dean of Science, St. Mary's University, Spring 2006Full text of doctoral thesis, "Studies in the biology and physiology of lichens with special reference to Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th. Fr"
via Oxford Research Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, David H. S. British lichenologists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Oxford Canadian lichenologists 20th-century Canadian botanists 21st-century Canadian botanists