Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby
Chancellor of the Queen's University Belfast | |
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| In office 1970–1983 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Tyrone Guthrie |
| Succeeded by | Sir Rowland Wright |
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| Born | Eric Ashby 24 August 1904 Leytonstone, Essex, England |
| Died | 22 October 1992 (aged 88) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Helen Margaret Farries |
| Alma mater | City of London School Royal College of Science |
Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby, FRS[1] (24 August 1904 – 22 October 1992) was a British botanist and educator.
Born in
Imperial College from 1926 to 1929. In 1929, he received a Harkness Fellowship to the University of Chicago.[2] Ashby was a lecturer at Imperial College from 1931 to 1935, and at the University of Bristol from 1935 to 1938.[citation needed
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Marriage
Ashby married Elizabeth Helen Margaret Farries, whom he met while they were working together on incineration techniques for measuring carbon in tissue. They had two children, Michael and Peter.
Career
In 1938, Ashby became professor of botany at the
Botany at the University of Manchester. According to Burges and Eden[3]
"His enthusiasm and flair for botany made Manchester one of the leading botanical schools in the United Kingdom".
From 1950 to 1959 he was president and vice-chancellor of
County of Suffolk on 6 July 1973.[5]
Ashby was secretary of the
British Association for the Advancement of Science from 1962 to 1963.[6] He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1961.[7]
In 1968, he received the Centenary Medal of the
Queen's University, Belfast. He was adviser to the British National Fruit Traders Association and a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).[1] He was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) by the University of Bath in 1966.[8]
See also
References
- ^ S2CID 61942475.
- ^ Profile Archived 25 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine, royalsoced.org.uk; accessed 18 April 2016.
- ISBN 9780198614111. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "No. 40706". The London Gazette. 10 February 1956. p. 825.
- ^ "No. 46826". The London Gazette. 12 July 1973. p. 8057.
- PMID 17815275. His presidential address to the BA was entitled Investment in man.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ Profile Archived 25 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, bath.ac.uk; accessed 18 April 2016.
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