| 词条 | John Macqueen Cowan |
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LifeCowan was born in Banchory in northern Scotland in 1891 or 1892. He was educated at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen. He then attended both Edinburgh and Oxford University training as a botanist, specialising in trees, receiving a postgraduate doctorate (DSc) from Oxford in 1927. From 1927 to 1929 he worked with the Indian Forest Service and conducted many studies of tree species throughout India. In February 1929 he made a study trip around the Near East with fellow botanist Cyril Darlington.[2] He worked at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 1930 to 1954 alongside Roland Edgar Cooper (both then under William Wright Smith). In 1954 Cowan took over as Curator of Inverewe Garden on the west coast of Scotland. During the Second World War he provided valuable advice to the Ministry of Supply in relation to the Home-Grown Timber Production Department. In 1931 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposers including Sir William Wright Smith, William Grant Craib and Albert William Borthwick. He served as President of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh for 1951–53. He was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal in 1951 and the Victoria Medal of Honour in 1958.[4] Queen Elizabeth created him a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1952. He died in 1960. Publications
FamilyCowan married fellow-botanist Adeline May Organe (died 1981). Their daughter was Pauline Cowan (born 1926) who, as Pauline Harrison, was later given a personal Chair in the Department of Biochemistry at Sheffield University.[5][6] Botanical References{{botanist|Cowan|Cowan, John Macqueen}}References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F52883|title=Cowan, John Macqueen (1892-1960) Botanist|website=The National Archives|accessdate=11 September 2018}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cowan, John Macqueen}}2. ^1 {{cite book|author=Harman, Oren Solomon|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Man_Who_Invented_the_Chromosome.html?id=EkTSImo6BcgC&pg=PA62|title=The Man Who Invented the Chromosone: The Life of Cyril Darlington|year=2004|page=62}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?id=12822|title=HUH - Databases - Botanist Search|website=kiki.huh.harvard.edu|accessdate=11 September 2018}} 4. ^{{cite book|editor=Desmond, Ray|title=Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists|year=1994|publisher=CRC Press|page=173|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=thmPzIltAV8C&pg=PA173}} 5. ^International Who’s Who of Women, 2002 6. ^[https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mbb/welcome/n-chairs/p-m-h Professor Pauline Harrison, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Sheffield University]. 8 : 1892 births|1960 deaths|People from Aberdeenshire|People educated at Robert Gordon's College|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Alumni of the University of Oxford|Scottish botanists|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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