The Sherardian Chair of Botany is a professorship at the

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that was established in 1734. It was created following an endowment by

William Sherard William Sherard (27 February 1659 – 11 August 1728) was an English botanist. Next to John Ray, he was considered to be one of the outstanding English botanists of his day. Life He is still a little-known figure of that era coming as he did from ...

on his death in 1728. In his will, Sherard stipulated that the first holder of the chair was to be

Johann Jacob Dillenius Johann Jacob Dillen Dillenius (1684 – 2 April 1747) was a German botanist. He is known for his ''Hortus Elthamensis'' ("Eltham Garden") on the rare plants around Eltham, London, and for his ''Historia muscorum'' ("History of Mosses"), a natur ...

. The Sherardian Professor is also a

fellow A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context. In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements. Within the context of higher education ...

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and Head of the Department of Plant Sciences.

List of Sherardian Professors of Botany

(1734 to 1747) * Humphry Sibthorp (1747 to 1783) *

John Sibthorp John Sibthorp (28 October 1758 – 8 February 1796) was an England, English botanist. Education Sibthorp graduated from the University of Oxford in 1777 where he was an undergraduate student at Lincoln College, Oxford. He subsequently stud ...

(1784 to 1796) * George Williams (1796 to 1834) * Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1834 to 1867) *

Marmaduke Alexander Lawson Marmaduke Alexander Lawson (20 January 1840, Seaton Carew, County Durham – 14 February 1896, Chennai, Madras) was a British botanist. Lawson matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1858 and graduated there B.A. 1862 and M.A. 1868. He was S ...

(1868 to 1882) *

Isaac Bayley Balfour Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow from 1879 to 1885, Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxfor ...

(1884 to 1888) *

Sydney Howard Vines Sydney Howard Vines Royal Society, FRS (31 December 1849 – 4 April 1934) was a British botanist and academic. He was Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford University from 1888 to 1919, and served as President of the Linnean Society of London ...

(1888 to 1919) *

Frederick Keeble Sir Frederick William Keeble, CBE, FRS (2 March 1870 – 19 October 1952) was a British biologist, academic, and scientific adviser, who specialised in botany. He was Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford from 1920 to 1927 ...

(1920 to 1927) *

Arthur Tansley Sir Arthur George Tansley FLS, FRS (15 August 1871 – 25 November 1955) was an English botanist and a pioneer in the science of ecology. Educated at Highgate School, University College London and Trinity College, Cambridge, Tansley taught a ...

(1927 to 1937) * Theodore Osborn (1937 to 1953) * C. D. Darlington (1953 to 1971) * F. R. Whatley (1971 to 1991) *Hugh G. Dickinson (1991 to 2009) * Liam Dolan (2009 to present)

References

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