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| Pearson, Henry Harold Welch. Matric. Non-Coll., Michs. 1893. [Only] s. of Henry Jackson [and Ellen Elizabeth Welch]. B. [Jan. 28, 1870], at Long Sutton, Lincs. School, private. Adm. at CHRIST'S, Oct. 5, 1896; Scholar, 1897; B.A. (Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt I, 1st Class) 1896; (Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt II, 1st Class, 1897). Migrated to Caius, June 23, 1898; Walsingham medal, 1899; M.A. 1900; Sc.D. 1907. Visited Ceylon as Wort's travelling Scholar, 1897-8. Assistant Curator of the Herbarium, Cambridge, 1898-9; at Kew Gardens, 1899-1903. Professor of Botany, South African College, Cape Town, 1903-16, and Director of the National Botanic Garden, Kirstenbosch, 1914-16. F.R.S., 1916. An authority on the morphology of Welwitschia and Gnetum. Married, 1902, Ethel, dau. of William Pratt, of Little Bradley, Suffolk. Author, Gnetales, etc. Died Nov. 3, 1916, at Wynberg; buried in the Cycad hills, overlooking Kirstenbosch. A hostel was erected in the S. African National Botanical Garden to his memory. (Venn, II. 555; Who was Who.) | Henry Harold Welch PEARSON Approx. lifespan: 1870–1916 Matric Non-Coll. 1893:10MT: Only s. of Henry Jackson PEARSON [and Ellen Elizabeth Welch]. b. Long Sutton, Lincolnshire 1870:01:28 Sch: private Adm Christ's College 1896:10:05 Scholar 1897 BA Nat.Sci.Trip.,Pt I, 1st Class 1896 Nat.Sci.Trip., Pt II, 1st Class(1897) Mig. to Gonville & Caius College 1898:06:23 Walsingham Medal: 1899 MA 1900 ScD 1907 . Visited, Ceylon as Wort's travelling Scholar 1897-98 Assistant Curator of: Herbarium CB [ Cambridgeshire ] 1898-99 ;at Kew Gardens, [ London ] 1899-1903 Professor of: Sch: Botany, Sch: South African College Botany, South African, Cape Town, [ Cape Colony ], [ South Africa ] 1903-16,and Director of: : National Botanic Garden, Kirstenbosch, [ South Africa ] 1914-16 FRS 1916 An authority on the morphology of Welwitschia and Gnetum m. 1902 Ethel PRATT dau. of William PRATT, of Little Bradley, Suffolk Publ.: Gnetales etc. d. Wynberg, [ South Africa ] 1916:11:03 buried in the Cycad Hills, overlooking Kirstenbosch, [ South Africa ] A hostel was erected in the S. African National Botanical Garden to his memory. ( Venn, II. 555; Who was Who .) |