Английская Википедия:Arthur Henry Reginald Buller
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox scientist Arthur Henry Reginald Buller, Шаблон:Post-nominals (19 August 1874 – 3 July 1944) was a British-Canadian mycologist. He is mainly known as a researcher of fungi and wheat rust.[1]
Academic career
Born in Moseley, Birmingham, England, he was educated at Queen's College, Taunton. He then studied at Mason College, which later became the University of Birmingham, (B.Sc. in 1896),[2] the University of Leipzig (Ph.D.), and the University of Munich. He was awarded a D.Sc. by the University of Birmingham. He worked briefly for the Naples Zoological Station. From 1901 to 1904, he was a lecturer in Botany at the University of Birmingham. He came to Canada in 1904, founded the Botany Department and was the first Professor of Botany and Geology at the University of Manitoba, and served as Head of the Botany Department until his retirement in 1936.[1]
His book Essays on Wheat (Macmillan, 1919) deals with the early history of wheat-growing in Manitoba, wheat-growing in western Canada, the discovery and introduction of Marquis wheat, the origin of the wheat varieties Red Bobs and Kitchener, and Palestine's wild wheat.[3][4][5] He wrote a 7-volume series Researches on Fungi published in 6 volumes from 1909 to 1934 with the 7th volume published posthumously in 1950.[6][7][8]
Poetry
He also wrote limericks, some of which were published in Punch, including this one on Einstein's special theory of relativity:[9]
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Honours
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) in 1909, and became its President in 1927.[10] He was the President of the British Mycological Society in 1914.[11] In 1929, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Flavelle Medal. In 1937, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).[10] He was a life member of the Mycological Society of America.
He was awarded honorary degrees from the University of Saskatchewan, University of Calcutta, University of Manitoba, and University of Pennsylvania. The Buller Building at the University of Manitoba, built in 1932, is named in his honour.
References
- Goldsborough, Gordon. Reginald Buller: The Poet-Scientist of Mushroom City. Manitoba History Number 47, Spring/Summer 2004
External links
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