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| WILLIS, JOHN CHRISTOPHER. Matric. Non-Coll., Michs. 1886; B.A. 1889. S. of Richard Charles, fruit-farmer, of Olga, Washington, U.S.A. (and Jane Bruce Steel). B. [Feb. 20], 1868, at Birkenhead. School, Birkenhead; and at Univ. College, Liverpool. Migrated to Caius, 1890; M.A. 1893; Sc.D. 1905. Frank Smart Student, 1890-3. Hon. Sc.D., Harvard. Assistant in Botany at Glasgow University, 1894-6; Director of the Botanical Gardens, in Ceylon , 1896-1911. Director of the Botanic Gardens, Rio de Janeiro, 1912-15. F.R.S., 1919. Married, 1897, Minnie, eldest dau. of T. Baldwin, of Barnsley, and had issue. Sometime editor of Journal of the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation . Author, A Manual and Dictionary of Flowering Plants; Age and Area; Agriculture in the Tropics; The Birth and Spread of Plants, etc. Of Montreux, Switzerland , in 1952. ( Venn, II. 511; Who's Who .) | John Christopher WILLIS Approx. lifespan: 1868–1958 Matric Non-Coll. 1886:10MT: BA 1889 s. of Richard Charles WILLIS fruit-farmer, of Olga, Washington State , USA , (and Jane Bruce STEEL ) b. Birkenhead, [Cheshire], 1868:[02:20] Sch: Birkenhead School Birkenhead, [Cheshire], and at University College Liverpool, [Lancashire], Mig. to Gonville & Caius College 1890 MA 1893 ScD 1905 Frank Smart Student: 1890-93 Hon. ScD Harvard, [Massachusetts], USA , Assistant in: : Botany at Sch: Glasgow University Glasgow, [Scotland], 1894-96 Director of: : Botanical Gardens, Ceylon , 1896-1911 Director of: : Botanic Gardens Rio de Janeiro, [Brazil], 1912-15 FRS 1919 m. 1897 Minnie BALDWIN eldest dau. of T. BALDWIN of Barnsley, [West Riding of Yorkshire], had issue Sometime editor of Journal of Empire Cotton Growing Corporation Publ.: A Manual and Dictionary of Flowering Plants; Age and Area; Agriculture in the Tropics; The Birth and Spread of Plants etc. Of Montreux, Switzerland , in1952 ( Venn II. 511; Who's Who ) [add:] d. 1958:03:21 [:add] [add:]Silver commemorative medal of Linaean Soc., 1958[:add] [add:](H.J. Willis; J.D. Pickles: G & C Biog. Hist.)[:add] |