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Tom Harris (botanist)

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Professor Tom Harris was a distinguished paleobotanist and keen gardener.

Tom Harris was an academic at the University of Reading who was Head of the Department of Botany.[1]

Harris supervised William Chaloner (botanist), later a botany professor.[1]

Tom Harris would say to students: "If you're not prepared to die for botany, you'd better be prepared to kill for it!"[citation needed]

The Harris Garden, located on the University of Reading's Whiteknights Campus, was named after him.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b J. B. Riding (interviewer), Interview with Professor William G. (Bill) Chaloner, at University College London, AASP Oral History Project, The Palynological Society, 16 December 2002.
  2. ^ "The Harris Garden — Description". Friends of the Harris Garden. Retrieved 2009-05-28.


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