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Dr William Andrew Clark FRSE (1911-1983) was a Scottish botanist known for collections largely in the Outer Hebrides.[1] He was an expert on spermatophytes and the flora of north-east England.[2]

Life

He was born in Girvan in Ayrshire the son of Thomas Clark. He attended Alva Academy 1916-1923 and then Harris Academy in Dundee 1923–1929.

He attended St Andrews University gaining a BSc in 1932 and a PhD in 1936. He lectured in Botany firstly at Liverpool University then at Newcastle University until retiring in 1976.[3] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1957.[4]

He died in Ryton, Tyne and Wear on 19 November 1983.

Family

He married Helena Heslop-Harrison, daughter of John William Heslop-Harrison FRSE in 1941.

The standard author abbreviation W.A.Clark is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ^ http://herbariaunited.org/collector/10010/
  2. ^ http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?mode=details&id=64112
  3. ^ Desmond, Ray (1994). Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists. p. 149. ISBN 9780850668438.
  4. ^ https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  W.A.Clark.
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