Rowland Biffen

Sir Rowland Harry Biffen

Sir Rowland Harry Biffen FRS[1] (28 May 1874, in Cheltenham – 12 July 1949)[2] was a British botanist, mycologist, geneticist and a professor of agricultural botany at the University of Cambridge who worked on breeding wheat varieties. He was also a gifted artist known for his landscapes in watercolours. He was the founder of the Journal of Agricultural Science.

Biography

Biffen was the oldest child of Henry John who was headmaster of Christ Church school in Cheltenham, and his wife, Mary. After studying at Cheltenham grammar school, he graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1898 after being Frank Smart student in botany at Gonville and Caius College. He went on an expedition to the Caribbean and South America to examine rubber production soon after graduation. He then worked as a university demonstrator, researching fungi under Harry Marshall Ward and obtained a patent for the handling of rubber latex. He published a number of papers on mycology between 1898 and 1902 and subsequently became president of the British Mycological Society in 1905 and again in 1930.[3][4]

In 1908, Biffen was appointed the first professor of agricultural botany at Cambridge, a post he held till 1931. He won the Royal Society's Darwin Medal in 1920. Biffen was the first director of the Plant Breeding Institute, which became part of the John Innes Centre in 1994, and was an early proponent of using genetics to improve crop plants.[5] His primary research plant was wheat. Among the most important wheat varieties he bred were Little Joss (1910. named inadvertently by Sir Rider Haggard[6]) and Yeoman (1916).[7]

Biffen founded the Journal of Agricultural Science and instrumental in the founding of the Genetical Society in 1918 and the National Institute of Agricultural Botany. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1914, was knighted in 1925, and received an honorary DSc in 1935 from the University of Reading. He had married Mary Hemus of Upton upon Severn in 1899 and they had no children. Biffen also took an interest in watercolour painting, gardening (with a special interest in auriculas), botany, photography, and archaeology. He died in Cambridge.[7]

References

  1. ^ Engledow, F. L. (1950). "Rowland Harry Biffen. 1874-1949". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 7 (19): 9–25. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1950.0002.
  2. ^ "List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660 – 2007 A - J: A complete listing of all Fellows and Foreign Members since the foundation of the Society". The Royal Society. July 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2007.
  3. ^ Ainsworth, G.C. (1996). Brief biographies of British mycologists. Stourbridge: British Mycological Society
  4. ^ Engledow, F. L. (1949). "Sir Rowland Harry Biffen, F.R.S". Nature. 164 (4164): 305. doi:10.1038/164305a0. ISSN 0028-0836.
  5. ^ Parascandola, M (1 April 2004). "Book Review Plants, patients and the historian: (re)membering in the age of genetic engineering". Medical History. 48 (2). Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine. doi:10.1017/s002572730000747x.
  6. ^ Brooks, F.T. (1950). "Professor Sir Rowland H. Biffen". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 33 (1–2): 166–IN15. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(50)80062-1.
  7. ^ a b F. L. Engledow; Palladino, Paulo (reviser) (2004). "Biffen, Sir Rowland Harry (1874–1949)". In Palladino, Paolo (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31881. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Media related to Rowland Harry Biffen at Wikimedia Commons

Read other articles:

List of Bengali films of 2000

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: List of Bengali films of 2000 – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Bengali cinema 1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 19341935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940s 1940 1941 1942 1943 19441945 1946 1947...

 

Graeme Souness

Graeme Souness Informasi pribadiNama lengkap Graeme James SounessTanggal lahir 6 Mei 1953 (umur 70)Tempat lahir Edinburgh, SkotlandiaPosisi bermain GelandangKarier senior*Tahun Tim Tampil (Gol) 1970-1972 19721972-197819781978-1984 1984-1986 1986-1991 Tottenham HotspurMontreal OlympiqueMiddlesbroughWest Adelaide LiverpoolSampdoriaRangersTotal 000 0(0)010 0(2)176 (22)006 0(1)247 (38)056 0(8)050 0(3)539 (73) Tim nasional1974-1986 Scotland 054 0(4) Kepelatihan1986-1991 1991-1994 1995-1996 1...

 

العلاقات الهندية الزامبية

العلاقات الهندية الزامبية الهند زامبيا   الهند   زامبيا تعديل مصدري - تعديل   العلاقات الهندية الزامبية هي العلاقات الثنائية التي تجمع بين الهند وزامبيا.[1][2][3][4][5] مقارنة بين البلدين هذه مقارنة عامة ومرجعية للدولتين: وجه المقارنة الهند زام...

Jembatan gantung

Untuk Halte Transjakarta, lihat Jembatan Gantung (Transjakarta). Jembatan gantung Jembatan gantung kecil di sebuah desa Jembatan gantung adalah jenis jembatan yang menggunakan tumpuan ketegangan kabel daripada tumpuan samping . Sebuah jembatan gantung biasanya memiliki kabel utama (kabel baja atau rantai yang lain) berlabuh di setiap ujung jembatan. Setiap beban yang diterapkan ke jembatan berubah menjadi ketegangan dalam kabel utama. Pada mulanya Jembatan gantung memiliki kabel berlabuh di t...

 

Madidihang

Madidihang Thunnus albacares Status konservasiRisiko rendahIUCN21857 TaksonomiKerajaanAnimaliaFilumChordataKelasActinopteriOrdoScombriformesFamiliScombridaeTribusThunniniGenusThunnusSpesiesThunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Tata namaSinonim takson Scomber albacares Bonnaterre, 1788 Germo albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Neothunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Scomber albacorus Lacepède, 1800 Thynnus argentivittatus Cuvier, 1832 Germo argentivittatus (Cuvier, 1832) Neothunnus argentivittatus (C...

 

Joseph McCabe

English writer and speaker on freethought For other people named Joseph McCabe, see Joseph McCabe (disambiguation). Joseph McCabeBorn12 November 1867Macclesfield, EnglandDied10 January 1955(1955-01-10) (aged 87)OccupationWriter, lecturer, priestAlma materCatholic University of Louvain Joseph Martin McCabe (12 November 1867 – 10 January 1955) was an English writer and speaker on freethought, after having been a Roman Catholic priest earlier in his life. He was one of the great mout...

2021 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

American college football season 2021 North Carolina Tar Heels footballDuke's Mayo Bowl, L 21–38 vs. South CarolinaConferenceAtlantic Coast ConferenceDivisionCoastal DivisionRecord6–7 (3–5 ACC)Head coachMack Brown (13th season)Offensive coordinatorPhil Longo (3rd season)Co-defensive coordinatorJay Bateman (3rd season)Co-defensive coordinatorTommy Thigpen (3rd season)Home stadiumKenan Memorial StadiumSeasons← 20202022 → 2021 Atlantic Coast C...

 

土库曼斯坦总统

土库曼斯坦总统土库曼斯坦国徽土库曼斯坦总统旗現任谢尔达尔·别尔德穆哈梅多夫自2022年3月19日官邸阿什哈巴德总统府（Oguzkhan Presidential Palace）機關所在地阿什哈巴德任命者直接选举任期7年，可连选连任首任萨帕尔穆拉特·尼亚佐夫设立1991年10月27日 土库曼斯坦土库曼斯坦政府与政治 国家政府 土库曼斯坦宪法 国旗 国徽 国歌 立法機關（英语：National Council of Turkmenistan） ...

 

1960 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision

1960 aviation accident 1960 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collisionAccidentDateFebruary 25, 1960SummaryMid-air collisionSiteGuanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilTotal fatalities61Total survivors3First aircraft A U.S. Navy Douglas R6D-1 similar to the accident aircraftTypeDouglas R6D-1 (DC-6A)OperatorUnited States NavyRegistration131582Flight originBuenos Aires-EzeizaDestinationGaleão Air Force BaseOccupants38Passengers31Crew7Fatalities35Survivors3Second aircraft A Douglas DC-3 similar to the accide...

Mauricio Pellegrino

Not to be confused with Maurizio Pellegrino. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pellegrino and the second or maternal family name is Luna. Argentine football player and manager Mauricio Pellegrino Pellegrino managing Southampton in 2017Personal informationFull name Mauricio Andrés Pellegrino Luna[1]Date of birth (1971-10-05) 5 October 1971 (age 52)[2]Place of birth Leones [es], ArgentinaHeight 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[...

 

كاروش (اكدال سيدي عبد الرحمان)

كاروش تقسيم إداري البلد المغرب  الجهة مراكش آسفي الإقليم آسفي الدائرة حرارة الجماعة القروية حرارة المشيخة اكدال سيدي عبد الرحمان السكان التعداد السكاني 396 نسمة (إحصاء 2004)   • عدد الأسر 63 معلومات أخرى التوقيت ت ع م±00:00 (توقيت قياسي)[1]،  وت ع م+01:00 (توقيت صيفي)[1]&...

 

River Wandle

Tributary of the River Thames, England Wandle river redirects here. For the river in New Zealand, see Wandle River. WandleRiver Wandle in Morden Hall ParkLocationCountryEnglandCountiesGreater LondonDistricts / BoroughsCroydon, Sutton, Lambeth, Merton, WandsworthTownsMerton, Morden, Earlsfield, WandsworthPhysical characteristicsSource  • locationWaddon Ponds& Carshalton Ponds • elevation35 m (115 ft) MouthRiver Thames • lo...

Abacus

Calculating tool Abaci redirects here. For the Turkish Surname, see Abacı. For the medieval book, see Liber Abaci. For other uses, see Abacus (disambiguation). Bi-quinary coded decimal-like abacus representing 1,352,964,708 An abacus (pl.: abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a hand-operated calculating tool which was used from ancient times in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, until the adoption of the Arabic numeral system.[1] An abacus consists of a...

 

RealPlayer

RealPlayer RealPlayer 15 on WindowsTipepemutar media Versi pertama1995; 29 tahun lalu (1995)Versi stabilDaftariOS: 1.2.3 (13 Desember 2022)Android: 1.52 (27 Oktober 2022)Microsoft Windows: 22.0.2.305 (3 Maret 2023) GenreMedia playerLisensiFreemiumBahasaDaftar bahasa English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), German, French, Korean, Italian, Japanese and Portuguese Karakteristik teknisSistem operasiMicrosoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, Android, Symbian and Palm OSPlatformx86_64...

 

伊丽莎白·利珀

伊丽莎白·利珀出生1964年10月26日  （59歲）錫雷特 職業赛艇运动员、政治人物 獎項Thomas Keller Medal  伊丽莎白·利珀（羅馬尼亞語：Elisabeta Lipă，1964年10月26日—），旧姓奥莱纽克（Oleniuc），罗马尼亚女子赛艇运动员。她曾代表罗马尼亚参加1984年、1988年、1992年、1996年、2000年和2004年夏季奥林匹克运动会赛艇比赛，获得五枚金牌、二枚银牌和一枚铜牌。[1] ...

彼得一世岛

此條目需要补充更多来源。 (2023年1月22日)请协助補充多方面可靠来源以改善这篇条目，无法查证的内容可能會因為异议提出而被移除。致使用者：请搜索一下条目的标题（来源搜索：彼得一世岛 — 网页、新闻、书籍、学术、图像），以检查网络上是否存在该主题的更多可靠来源（判定指引）。 彼得一世島Peter I Øy1931年—1961年 國旗 國徽 彼得一世島位置(紅色)、南極洲(�...

 

Warm Springs Indian Reservation

American reserve in Oregon, US This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (January 2021) Indian reservation in United States, Confederated Tribes of Warm SpringsWarm Springs Indian ReservationIndian reservationLocation of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation and former tribal areaCoordinates: 44°52′12″N 121°27′14″W / 4...

 

Dave Valentin

Dave ValentinInformasi latar belakangLahir(1952-04-29)29 April 1952 Bronx Selatan, Kota New York, Amerika SerikatMeninggal8 Maret 2017(2017-03-08) (umur 64) Bronx, Kota New York, Amerika SerikatGenre jazz Latin salsa smooth jazz PekerjaanMusikusInstrumenSerulingTahun aktif1965–2012LabelCTI, GRP, HighnoteArtis terkaitThe Blackout All-Stars Dave Valentin (29 April 1952 – 8 Maret 2017) adalah seorang peniup seruling musik jazz asal Amerika Serikat. Diskografi Legends (GRP,...

ガリレオ・ガリレイ

「ガリレオ・ガリレイ」のその他の用法については「ガリレオ・ガリレイ (曖昧さ回避)」をご覧ください。 この記事の内容の信頼性について検証が求められています。 確認のための文献や情報源をご存じの方はご提示ください。出典を明記し、記事の信頼性を高めるためにご協力をお願いします。議論はノートを参照してください。（2015年10月） ガリレオ・ガリレイ(...

 

Charles Golding Constable

Son of painter John Constable Charles Golding Constable by John Constable, 1835–36 (Britten-Pears Foundation) Charles Golding Constable (1821–1878) was a member of the British East India Company's navy, joining up in his youth. He was the second son of the painter John Constable and, on his elder brother John Charles's death in 1841, became head of the Constable family. The Constable tomb He oversaw the splitting-up of his father's studio collection in winter 1847/48. On his death in 1878...