George Fox Wilson

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George Fox Wilson (born January 26, 1896 , † January 9, 1951 in Weybridge , Surrey ) was an English entomologist and phytosanitary expert. In 1915 he joined the 1st City of London Sanitary Company . From 1919, after a three-year stationing in Egypt and Syria, during which he dealt among other things with measures against malaria , until his death he was an entomologist for the Royal Horticultural Society .

Wilson played a leading role in the spread of parasites of the plant pest whitefly, and is mentioned, among other things, in the discovery of a colony of lilies in Surrey, England in 1940 and his studies of this plant pest.

Works

  • George Fox Wilson: Pests of ornamental garden-plants . HSMO, London 1937. (2nd edition 1950 as Pests of flowers and shrubs )
  • George Fox Wilson: Insect pests of the genus Rhododendron. Weimar 1939.
  • George Fox Wilson: The Chrysanthemum Eelworm . National Chrysanthemum Society, London 1946.
  • George Fox Wilson: DDT: investigations on its Effect upon some Horticultural pests. In: Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society , London, 1946.
  • George Fox Wilson: The detection and control of garden pests . C. Lockwood, London 1947. (2nd edition 1949)
  • George Fox Wilson and John Ramsbottom: The Enemies of the rose . National Rose Society, London 1949.
  • George Fox Wilson: Chrysanthemum breeding . National Chrysanthemum Society Development Fund Committee, London (?) 1969.

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  • Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
  • Ray Desmond, Christine Ellwood: Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists . Extended Edition. Taylor & Francis and The Natural History Museum, London 1994, ISBN 0-85066-843-3 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary: G. Fox Wilson. In: Annals of Applied Biology, Volume 38, Issue 2, pages 311-317, June 1951 ( Abstract Online )
  2. ↑ Mentioned in THE BIOLOGY OF THE LILY BEETLE, Lilioceris lilii . ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed May 8, 2011) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rhs.org.uk

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personal data
SURNAME Wilson, George Fox
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English entomologist and crop protection expert
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1896
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1951
Place of death Weybridge , Surrey