Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw
Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (born April 7, 1902 in The Mound, Grange Road, Woodbridge , Suffolk , England , † August 19, 1985 ) was an English botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Airy Shaw ".
Life
His father Herbert Alfred Shaw was a "second master" at the Grammar School in Woodbridge; his mother's maiden name was Agnes Margaret Airy; one of her ancestors was the astronomer and mathematician Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892).
In the autumn of 1921 he began studying "classics" (Latin and Greek) at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge . In autumn 1923 he switched to natural history, where he received the title "BA" in 1924. In August 1925 he began, initially as an unpaid "Temporary Technical Assistant", at the herbarium in Kew. Only in 1929 did he get a paid post there.
He specialized in the flora of tropical Asia and the milkweed family (Euphorbiaceae).
Honors
The genus Airyantha from the legume family (Fabaceae) is named after him.
Works
- The Euphorbiaceae of New Guinea . 1980.
literature
- A. Radcliffe-Smith, RM Harley: Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw . In: Taxon . tape 35 , no. 1 , February 1986, p. 218–220 ( first page at JSTOR ).
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw at the IPNI
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- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shaw, Herbert Kenneth Airy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The Mound, Grange Road, Woodbridge , Suffolk , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 1985 |