John Walter Guerrier Lund
| John Lund | |
|---|---|
| Born |
John Walter Guerrier Lund 27 November 1912[1] |
| Died | 21 March 2015 (aged 102)[2] |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | University of Sheffield |
| Alma mater |
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| Notable awards | |
| Spouse | Hilda M. Canter (m. 1949)[2] |
| Children | one son, one daughter[2] |
John Walter Guerrier Lund CBE FRS[1] (27 November 1912 - 21 March 2015) was an English phycologist.[3][4][5][6]
Early life and education
Lund was born in 1912 and was educated at Sedbergh School.[2] He studied for his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees at the University of Manchester, before moving to the University of London in 1935. He was awarded his PhD in 1939 and his DSc in 1951.[1]
Career
He worked for a time as a Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, and then joined the West Midlands Forensic Science Laboratory as Staff Biologist. In 1944 he joined the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) as Scientific Officer for algology, moving to Windermere with the Association's Fritsch Collection of Freshwater Algae in 1954. He retired in 1978, was appointed Deputy Chief Scientific Officer and then Honorary Advisor to the FBA. In 1991 he was elected an FBA Honorary Fellow, and continued to work at the Ferry House laboratory until 2005.[7]
Honours and awards
Lund was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1963[1] and made Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1975.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Talling, Jack F.; Heaney, S. I. (2015). "John Walter Guerrier Lund CBE. 27 November 1912 — 21 March 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Royal Society publishing. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0025. ISSN 0080-4606.
- 1 2 3 4 5 LUND, John Walter Guerrier. Who's Who. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription required)
- ↑ The International Who's who: 1990-91. Europa Publications Limited. 1990. p. 990. ISBN 0946653585.
- ↑ "Notices 2015". The Royal Society. Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
- ↑ Tunningley, Allan (8 April 2015). "Renowned Lake District-based scientist dies, aged 102". The Westmorland Gazette. Archived from the original on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
- ↑ "John Lund: Distinguished Microbial Ecologist whose methods were emulated by three generations of scientists" (PDF). London: Royal Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-24.
- ↑ "The Fritsch Collection of Freshwater, Brackish and Terrestrial Algal Illustrations". Archived from the original on 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2013-08-07.