Robert Stephen Adamson (2 March 1885 – 6 November 1965) was a

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. He was a fellow of

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(elected in 1956), the

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and the

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and its President in 1946-1948. Adamson is commemorated in the

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''adamsonii''.

Works

* ''On the ecology of the Ooldea district'' (1922) * ''The ecology of the eucalyptus forests of the Mount Lofty ranges (Adelaide district), South Australia'' (1924) * ''The Botanical features of the south western Cape Province: essays'' (1929) * ''A revision of the South African species of Juncus'' (1935) * ''The vegetation of South Africa'' (1938) *''Notes on the vegetation of the Kamiesberg'' (1938) * ''Flora of the Cape Peninsula'' (1950)

References

English botanists 1885 births 1965 deaths Scientists from Manchester 20th-century British botanists {{UK-botanist-stub