PHILLIPS, REGINALD WILLIAM (1854 - 1926), botanist
Date of birth: 1854
Date of death: 1926
Parent: Thomas Phillips
Gender: Male
Occupation: botanist
Area of activity: Nature and Agriculture; Science and Mathematics
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
Born at Talgarth, Brecknockshire, 15 October 1854, son of Thomas Phillips, registrar. He was educated at the Normal College, Bangor (he was later tutor there) and at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1884 with first class in science; he subsequently gained a D.Sc. degree of London University for research work on seaweed. He returned to Bangor in 1884 as a lecturer in biology at the University College; in 1888 he was promoted professor in that subject, but in 1894 he was appointed to the chair of botany, which he retained until retirement in 1923. He was an able administrator and took a prominent part in educational movements in the University College of North Wales. He died 2 December 1926.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
- Who was who?
- calendar of the University College of North Wales, Bangor
Sources
- Wikidata: Q16872648
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Published date: 2001
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