9-541: Chesters may refer to: People [ edit ] Charles Chesters (1904-1993), British botanist Lisa Chesters (born 1980), Australian politician Places [ edit ] Chesters (estate) , in Scotland Chesters (Humshaugh) , a mansion located near the fort Chesters Roman Fort , in England Chesters, Southdean , a location in
18-678: A PhD for work in this field. In the war he served as an air raid warden. In 1944 he succeeded Thomas Bennet-Clark as professor of botany at Nottingham, holding this position for 25 years. He was also dean of faculty from 1945. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1953. He retired in 1969 and moved to Quenington , where his daughter already lived. In 1977 he received an OBE for services to education. He died at home on 13 February 1993 in Quenington , near Cirencester . A commemorative bust to Chesters stands in
27-521: A full surname, while in other cases the surname is abbreviated and/or accompanied by one or more initials. There is no space between the initials and the surname (or its abbreviation). The list here is maintained strictly in order of the alphabetic characters in the abbreviation; thus "A.B.Jacks." appears under "A" not "J", and is located as if the characters were "ABJACKS". Capitalization is ignored as are all non-alphabetic characters such as "." and space. Diacritical marks are also ignored, so that, e.g., "ü"
36-576: Is an incomplete list of botanists by their author abbreviation , which is designed for citation with the botanical names or works that they have published. This list follows that established by Brummitt & Powell (1992) . Use of that list is recommended by Rec. 46A Note 1 of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants . The list is kept up to date online at The International Plant Names Index and Index Fungorum. In some cases an "author abbreviation" consists of
45-530: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Charles Chesters Charles Geddes Coull Chesters OBE FRSE FLS (1904–1993) was a British botanist specialising in fungi and lichens . He was born in Glasgow on 9 March 1904, the son of Charles Geddes Chesters, a commercial traveller, and Margaret Geddes. He attended Hyndland School in Glasgow. He
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63-580: The Biology Building at the University of Nottingham . The standard author abbreviation Chesters is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name . He married Margaret Mercedes Cathie Maclean in 1928. They had a son, Charles and daughter Kathleen. This article about a Scottish botanist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of botanists by author abbreviation (A) This
72-642: The Scottish Borders, Scotland See also [ edit ] Chester's , American chicken restaurant Chester (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chesters . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chesters&oldid=1090044904 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
81-592: Was awarded a place at Glasgow University in 1922 and graduated BSc in botany in 1926. His early interest lay in aquatic and salt-marsh vegetation. However, from 1931 he began to specialise in fungi, and founded the Research School in Phycomycetes (looking at fungi responsible for soil-born plant diseases) and Pyrenomycetes (wood- and bark-inhibiting fungi). At this time he was working with Walter Stiles FRS at Birmingham University . In 1937 he received
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