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'''Hugh Hamshaw Thomas''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] ([[Wrexham]], [[Wales]], May 29, 1885 - [[Cambridge]], [[England]], June 30, 1962), was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[paleobotany|paleobotanist]]. |
'''Hugh Hamshaw Thomas''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] ([[Wrexham]], [[Wales]], May 29, 1885 - [[Cambridge]], [[England]], June 30, 1962), was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[paleobotany|paleobotanist]]. |
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He was born in Wrexham the son of J.T. Thomas and educated at Grove Park School, Wrexham and [[Downing College, Cambridge]] .He became a university lecturer in Botany and a Fellow of the college. He was also curator of the museum in the Botany Department. During WWI he served a Photographic Officer in the Royal Flying Corps in Europe and the Middle East. <ref> {{cite web | url= http://www.jstor.org/pss/4024925| title= Hugh Hamshaw Thomas|publisher= JSTOR| accessdate = 27 December 2010}} </ref> |
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He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal society]] in May, 1934. His candidature citation read: "''His researches cover a wide field; to Palaeobotany he has made several original contributions of great value; notably on the leaves of Calamites (Phil Tran, 1911), on the structure of Cycadean fronds, on new genera, eg, 'Williamsoniella' (Phil Trans, 1915); the Caytoniales, a paper of exceptional importance (Phil Trans, 1925); also several papers on Jurassic floras, etc. Dr Thomas is well known as an authority on aircraft photography and was one of the first to demonstrate its application to the survey of vegetation. His work is characterized by originality and by the skilful use of new methods of technique."'' |
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<ref> {{cite web | url= http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=42&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27thomas%27%29| title = Library and Archive Catalogue| publisher = Royal Society|acessdate= 27 December 2010}} </ref> |
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*{{cite journal |last=Harris |first=T. M. |year=1963 |month=November |title=Hugh Hamshaw Thomas. 1885-1962 |journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | publisher=[[Royal Society]] | location=London |volume=9 |issue= |pages=287–299 |url=http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/9/286.full.pdf+html |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1963.0015 |format=pdf + html}} |
*{{cite journal |last=Harris |first=T. M. |year=1963 |month=November |title=Hugh Hamshaw Thomas. 1885-1962 |journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | publisher=[[Royal Society]] | location=London |volume=9 |issue= |pages=287–299 |url=http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/9/286.full.pdf+html |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1963.0015 |format=pdf + html}} |
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Revision as of 21:24, 27 December 2010
Hugh Hamshaw Thomas FRS (Wrexham, Wales, May 29, 1885 - Cambridge, England, June 30, 1962), was a British paleobotanist.
He was born in Wrexham the son of J.T. Thomas and educated at Grove Park School, Wrexham and Downing College, Cambridge .He became a university lecturer in Botany and a Fellow of the college. He was also curator of the museum in the Botany Department. During WWI he served a Photographic Officer in the Royal Flying Corps in Europe and the Middle East. [1]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal society in May, 1934. His candidature citation read: "His researches cover a wide field; to Palaeobotany he has made several original contributions of great value; notably on the leaves of Calamites (Phil Tran, 1911), on the structure of Cycadean fronds, on new genera, eg, 'Williamsoniella' (Phil Trans, 1915); the Caytoniales, a paper of exceptional importance (Phil Trans, 1925); also several papers on Jurassic floras, etc. Dr Thomas is well known as an authority on aircraft photography and was one of the first to demonstrate its application to the survey of vegetation. His work is characterized by originality and by the skilful use of new methods of technique." [2]
He was awarded the Linnean Society of London's prestigious Darwin-Wallace Medal in 1958 and their Linnean Medal in 1960.
References
- ^ "Hugh Hamshaw Thomas". JSTOR. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society.
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- Harris, T. M. (1963). "Hugh Hamshaw Thomas. 1885-1962" (pdf + html). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 9. London: Royal Society: 287–299. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1963.0015.
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