William Harold Pearsall (23 July 1891 – 14 October 1964) was a British botanist,

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of Botany at

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Awards and honours

Pearsall was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1940. His nomination reads:

References

1891 births 1964 deaths British botanists Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Academics of University College London New Naturalist writers {{UK-botanist-stub