John Henry Salter
English botanist, naturalist and diarist
About John Henry Salter
Lived 1862 – 1942 (aged 80). John Henry Salter was a naturalist, botanist, ornithologist, entomologist, academic and botanical collector.
John Henry Salter (1862 – 5 August 1942) was an English naturalist and ornithologist. He was a professor of botany at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Additionally, he published a book about the birds of Wales.
Biography John H. Salter was born in Westleton, near what is nowadays the RSPB Minsmere nature reserve, Suffolk.
Salter was a lecturer in botany at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, from 1894 to 1899. He then became professor of botany within the same department, going on to hold the chair until 1903.
Salter never owned a car and walked 20 miles a day. He was a non-smoker, teetotaller and vegetarian.
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English botanist, naturalist and diarist (1862–1942)
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John Henry Salter was born on 5 June 1862 in Westleton.
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John Henry Salter died on 5 August 1942 in Dorset.
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John Henry Salter was a naturalist, botanist, ornithologist, entomologist, academic and botanical collector.
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