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Thomas Johnson (botany teacher)

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and was instrumental in the founding of the first seed testing station for Britain and Ireland. He also supervised and conducted research on economic botany, served on committees charged with advancing scientific learning in Ireland and was a pioneer in the study of
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Johnson married Bessie Stratton Rowe, daughter of Rev. W. Rowe of Toronto. They had two sons, Lt. Col. Reginald Johnson RAMC (1888–1941) and Capt. Thomas William Gerald Johnson
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and was killed in action in the Second World War, while his younger son was awarded the Military Cross during the First World War for bravery during the
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Professor T. Johnson, D.Sc., F.L.S., M.R.I.A. 1863– Thomas Johnson was born at Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire, on 27 February 1863.
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Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers
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Johnson retired in 1923, allowing Knowles to take over curatorship, despite 'Assistant Keeper' being her job title.
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History of Botany at UCD: 200th Anniversary of the establishment of the Professorship of Botany
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and, after additional study, received an appointment in 1890 as Professor of Botany at
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was appointed a temporary assistant in the then Botanical Section of the
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and academic renowned as an expert and cataloguer of the world's
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University College Dublin: Reference manual - Faculty of Science
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Thomas Johnson died in 1954 in Dublin, and was interred at
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while serving with the 5th (Service) battalion of the
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Thomas Johnson (botanist)
Thomas Johnson (disambiguation)
FLS
MRIA
English
botanist
algae
fungi
fossil plants
Barton-upon-Humber
Lincolnshire
Elmfield College
Heworth, York
Ireland
Catholic University of Ireland
University College Dublin
Herbarium
phytopathology
Royal Irish Academy
Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
Matilda Cullen Knowles
National Science and Art Museum
MC
Royal Army Medical Corps
Gallipoli Campaign
Connaught Rangers
Deans Grange Cemetery
author abbreviation
citing
botanical name

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