Regius Professor of Botany, Glasgow
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The Regius Chair of Botany at Glasgow University is a Regius Professor
ship established in 1818.
A lectureship in botany had been founded in 1704. From 1718 to 1818, the subject was combined with Anatomy. The chair was founded in 1818 by King George III.
The Regius Chair of Botany at Glasgow University is a Regius Professor
Regius Professor
Regius Professorships are "royal" professorships at the ancient universities of the United Kingdom and Ireland - namely Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dublin. Each of the chairs was created by a monarch, and each appointment, save those at Dublin, is approved by the...
ship established in 1818.
A lectureship in botany had been founded in 1704. From 1718 to 1818, the subject was combined with Anatomy. The chair was founded in 1818 by King George III.
Regius Professors of Botany
- For 1718-1818, see: Regius Professor of AnatomyRegius Professor of Anatomy, GlasgowThe Regius Chair of Anatomy is a Regius professorship at the University of Glasgow.Founded in 1718 as the Regius Chair of Anatomy and Botany the province of the chair was restricted to anatomy in 1818 when the Regius Chair of Botany was founded....
- Robert Graham MD (1818)
- Sir William Jackson HookerWilliam Jackson HookerSir William Jackson Hooker, FRS was an English systematic botanist and organiser. He held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and was the first Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He enjoyed the friendship and support of Sir Joseph Banks for his exploring,...
MA LLD DCL FRS (1820) - John Hutton Balfour MA MD (1841)
- George Arnott Walker Arnott MA LLD, Advocate (1845)
- Alexander Dickson MA MD (1868)
- Sir Isaac Bayley BalfourIsaac Bayley BalfourSir Isaac Bayley Balfour FRS FRSE was a Scottish botanist. He was the son of John Hutton Balfour who was also a botanist.-Biography:...
MA MD DSc FRS (1879) - Frederick Orpen BowerFrederick Orpen BowerFrederick Orpen Bower FRS was a British botanist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1891. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society in 1909 and the Darwin Medal of the Royal Society in 1938....
MA ScD LLD FRS (1885) - James Montague Frank Drummond MA (1925)
- John Walton MA DSc ScD D-es-Sc LLD (1930)
- Percy Wragg BrianPercy Wragg BrianPercy Wragg Brian was a British botanist.He was born in Hall Green, Birmingham to Percy Brian, a schoolteacher from Macclesfield and his wife Adelaide. He graduated from Kings College, Cambridge in 1931...
BA PhD DPhil (1963) - John Harrison Burnett MA DPhil (1968)
- Malcolm Barrett Wilkins PhD DSc FRSE (1970)
- Michael Robert Blatt BSc PhD FRSE (2001)