Colin Cadman

FRSE
Born16 July 1916
Glasgow
Died27 September 1971
Edinburgh
NationalityScottish
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Dr Colin Houghton Cadman FRSE (16 July 1916 – 27 September 1971) was a Scottish botanist who served as Director of the Scottish Horticultural Institute 1956 to 1971. He specialised in plant pathology, with a detailed knowledge relating to raspberries. He was also President of the Association of Applied Mycologists[1] and President of the Association of Applied Biologists.

Life

He was born in Glasgow on 16 July 1916.[2] He studied at the University of Liverpool, and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1940.[1][3]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1950 one of his proposers being Sir William Wright Smith.[4]

He lectured in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Dundee.[5]

He died in Edinburgh on 27 September 1971 and is buried in Warriston Cemetery.

Family

He was unmarried and had no children.[6]

Works

  • Annals of Applied Biology (1971)[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Desmond, Ray (25 February 1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists Including ... ISBN 9780850668438. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Colin Houghton Cadman; 16 July 1916--27 September 1971". Usda.gov. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Cadman, C. H. (1940). "Genetical studies on the interrelationships of certain viruses causing necrosis in the potato". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ "Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh : 1783-2002" (PDF). Royalsoced.org.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "University of Dundee Archive Services | The Main Catalogue". Arccat.dundee.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Edinburgh, Royal Society of (1971). Year Book of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Royal Society of Edinburgh. p. 35.
  7. ↑ Harris, R.V. (1971). "COLIN HOUGHTON CADMAN: 1916–1971". Annals of Applied Biology. 69 (3): 277–278. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.1971.tb04680.x.


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