Eifion Jones
William Eifion Jones (1925 – March 2004) was a
botanist, noted for his study of marine algae
.
He was born and brought up in
Bangor in 1953 to join the newly founded Marine Biology Station as a lecturer with Denis Crisp, and completed his PhD in 1957. He had a wife, Marian, and two children, Rhiannon and Aled.[1]
He retired early in 1986, but went on to lecture in
University of Wales, Bangor. He died in a car accident at Gaerwen, aged 79.[2]
He wrote A key to the Genera of the British Seaweeds (1962). It was most valuable as an update to Newton's Handbook of 1931 had become out-of-date and this was required to identify the
shores of the British Isles
.
He joined the British Phycological Society [1] in 1955 and served as a Member of Council (1959 and 1974–1977), as Assistant Secretary (1959) and Hon. Treasurer (1964–1968). At the Eighth International Seaweed Symposium, held in Bangor in 1974, he was a member of the organizing committee and secretary. He was President of the North Wales Wildlife Trust and Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory.
Publications
- Jones, W.E. 1956. Effect of spore coalescence on the early development of Gracilaria verrucosa (Hudson) Papenfuss. Nature, Lond. 178: 426 - 427.
- Jones, W.E. 1958. Experiments on some effects of certain environmental factors on Gracilaria verrucosa (Huds.) Papenf. Journal of the Marine biological Association of the United Kingdom., 38: 153 - 167.
- Jones, W.E. 1959. The growth and fruiting of Gracilaria verrucosa (Hudson) Papenfuss. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom., 38: 47 - 56.
- Jones, W.E. 1962a. "A key to the genera of the British Seaweeds." Field Studies. 1: No.4. pp. 1 – 32.
- Jones, W.E. 1962b. The identity of Gracilaria erecta (Grev.) Grev. British phycological Bulletin 2: 140 - 144.
- Jones, W.E.(Ed.) 1968. Natural History of Anglesey. Anglesey Antiquarian Society, Llangefni.
- Jones, W.E. and Moorjani, S.A. 1973. The attachment and early development of the tetraspores of some coralline red algae. Special Publications of the Marine Biological Associations of India. 1973: 293 - 304.
- Jones, W.E. 1974. Changes in the seaweed flora of the British Isles. In Hawkesworth, D.L. (Ed) The changing flora and fauna of Britain. pp. 97 – 113. Systematics Association Special Volume 6. Academic Press, London and New York.
See also
References
- ^ Tony Fogg (September 2004). "William Eifion Jones 1925-2004". Newsletter of the Friends of Treborth Botanical Garden.
- ^ Eryl Crump (24 November 2004). "Driver killed after crash with lorry". Daily Post. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- Fogg, T. 2004. Dr William Eifion Jones (1925 - 2004). The Phycologist. No.67: 204.
- Newton, L. 1931. A Handbook of the British Seaweeds. British Museum (Natural History), London.
External links
- http://www.brphycsoc.org British Phycological Society
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