Edward Alexander Newell Arber | |
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| Born | 5 August 1870 |
| Died | 14 June 1918 |
| Nationality | English |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, paleontology |
Edward Alexander Newell Arber (5 August 1870, London – 14 June 1918, Cambridge) was an English botanist and paleontologist.[1][2]
He was a professor at the University of Cambridge specialising in palaeobotany.
He married plant morphologist and philosopher Agnes Robertson in 1909. They had many interests in common, and his marriage was described as 'happy'. They had one child, a daughter.[3] He died in 1918 following a period of ill health.[4]
Works
Fossil trunk of Stigmaria ficoides, from The Natural History of Coal
Partial list
- 1905. Catalogue of the fossil plants of the Glossopteris flora in the department of geology, British Museum (natural history): being a monograph of the permo-carboniferous flora of India and the southern hemisphere. Ed. Longmans. 255 pp.
- 1910. Plant life in Alpine Switzerland: being an account in simple language of the natural history of Alpine plants. Ed. J. Murray. 355 pp.
- 1911. The Natural History of Coal. Ed. University Press. 163 pp. Reeditó en 2008 Kessinger Publ. 176 pp. ISBN 0548907919
- 1911. The coast scenery of North Devon: being an account of the geological features of the coast-line extending from Porlock in Somerset to Boscastle in North Cornwall, Ed. J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. 261 pp.
- 1917. The earlier mesozoic Floras of New Zealand. Volumen 6 de New Zealand. Dep. of Mines. New Zealand Geol. Survey. Palaeontological Bulletin. 80 pp.
- 1921. Devonian Floras; a study of the origin of Cormophyta. 100 pp. Reprinted in 2010 General Books LLC. 62 pp. ISBN 9781153342421
The standard author abbreviation E.Arber is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]
References
- ↑ "The Papers of Edward Alexander Newell Arber". The Archives Hub. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ↑ A. A. (1918). "Obituary. E. A. Newell Arber (with a list of his more important publications)". The Geological Magazine. 5 (9): 426–431.
- ↑ Hanshaw Thomas, H. (1960) "Agnes Arber, 1879–1960 Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society Vol.6 (Nov 1960)
- ↑ Packer, K. (1997) Notes and records on the Royal Society of London Vol.51, No.1
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. E.Arber.
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