Peter Hadland Davis
Peter Hadland Davis (born June 18, 1918 in Weston-super-Mare , † March 5, 1992 in Edinburgh ) was a British botanist. Its botanical author abbreviation is " PHDavis ".
Life
Peter Hadland Davis was born in Weston-super-Mare in 1918 . He first attended Nash House in Burnham-on-Sea and then continued his education at Bradfield College and later at Maiden Erleigh in Reading . In 1937 he began training at Ingwersen's Alpine Plant Nursery in East Grinstead and became interested in botany.
In 1938 he started his first botanical expedition, albeit as an amateur on a private initiative. He visited the Middle East and Turkey, but had to break off his trip in 1939 at the start of World War II. He had to join the army and served until 1945. He spent the last two years of his military service in Cairo . Immediately after his release, Davis moved to Scotland to study botany at the University of Edinburgh .
In 1950 he began a research project that eventually resulted in the completion of the Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands . In 1952 he received his doctorate on the subject of Taxonomy of Middle East flora . In the 1950s, Davis traveled extensively collecting plants in Kurdistan, Russia, and the Middle East. In 1959 he was awarded the Cuthbert Peek Medal of the Royal Geographical Society for his expedition to Kurdistan.
From 1961 he intensified his efforts to complete the Flora of Turkey , which only succeeded in 1985. He was awarded the Symposium Medal during the International Symposium on the Problems of Balkan Flora and Vegetation and was recognized by the Turkish government for his outstanding contributions to science. He later received the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society for his work around the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh . In the 1980s he was awarded the Royal Society of Edinburgh Neill Medal for his contributions to the taxonomy of plants.
Publications (selection)
- Peter Hadland Davis (Ed.): Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands . Edinburgh University Press.
- with Vernon Hilton Heywood : Principles of angiosperm taxonomy. Huntington, New York 1973
- Peter Hadland Davis: Principles of Angiosperm Taxonomy . Today & Tomorrow Printers & Pub, 1991.
- Peter Hadland Davis, J. Cullen: The Identification of Flowering Plant Families: Including a Key to Those Cultivated in North Temperate Regions . Cambridge University Press, 1989.
literature
- Kit Tan, P. Smith, MM Yeoman: The Davis & Hedge Festschrift . Edinburgh 1989, p. X-XVI ( pdf ).
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Peter Hadland Davis at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Davis, Peter Hadland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weston-super-Mare |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1992 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |