Meirion Thomas
Thomas, Meirion (1894–1977), plant physiologist
About Meirion Thomas
Lived 1894 – 1977 (aged 82). Meirion Thomas was a physiologist, botanist and university teacher.
Meirion Thomas (28 December 1894 – 5 April 1977) was a 20th-century Welsh botanist and plant physiologist.
Education and early life Thomas was born on 28 December 1894 at 2 Menai Terrace in Bangor, Wales, the son of John Thomas, Vice Principal of Bangor Normal College, and his wife, Catherine Ann Roberts.
Awards and honours In 1945 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE). His proposers were John Heslop-Harrison, Alfred Hobson, Ernest Dunlop and Robert Wheldon. In 1949 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS),
Personal life Thomas died on 5 April 1977 at Bryn Crug near Tywyn in Wales. He was unmarried and had no children.
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Thomas, Meirion (1894–1977), plant physiologist
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