About Claude Wardlaw
Lived 1901 – 1985 (aged 84). Claude Wardlaw was a British botanist and mycologist.
Early life and education He was born in western central Scotland on 4 February 1901, the son of Major J. Wardlaw of the Highland Light Infantry. He was educated at Paisley Grammar School.
He studied Natural Sciences at University of Glasgow graduating BSc around 1920. He continued as a postgraduate gaining his doctorate PhD and then going to McGill University in Canada to gain a second doctorate DSc.
Career and research
He then returned to Britain for final studies University of Manchester, gaining an MSc.
Publications Green Havoc (1935) Diseases of the Banana (1935) Tropical Fruits and Vegetables: Storage and Transport (1937) Phylogeny and Morphogenesis (1952) Embryogenesis in Plants (1955) Banana Diseases (1961) Organisation and Evolution in Plants (1965) Morphogenesis in Plants: A Contemporary Study (1968) Essays on Form in Plants (1968) Cellular Differentiation in Plants, and Other Essays (1969)
Personal life In 1928 Wardlaw married Jessie Connell (d.1971), with whom he had two sons.
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Who was Claude Wardlaw?
Scottish botanist (1901-1985)
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Claude Wardlaw was born on 4 February 1901.
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Claude Wardlaw died on 16 December 1985.
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Claude Wardlaw was a botanist and mycologist.
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