John Henry Salter
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John Henry Salter | |
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Born | 5 June 1862[1] |
Died | 5 August 1942 Dorset, England | (aged 80)
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John Henry Salter (1862 – 5 August 1942) was an English naturalist and ornithologist. He was a professor of botany at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Additionally, he published a book about the birds of Wales.[2]
Biography
John H. Salter was born in Westleton, near what is nowadays the RSPB Minsmere nature reserve, Suffolk.
Salter was a lecturer in botany at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, from 1894 to 1899. He then became professor of botany within the same department, going on to hold the chair until 1903.[3]
Salter never owned a car and walked 20 miles a day. He was a non-smoker, teetotaller and vegetarian.[1] He was a Quaker.[1]
He died from a fall in his garden on 5 August 1942.[1]
Bibliography
Among Salter's publications are:
- Salter, John Henry (c. 1890). List of the flowering plants and ferns of Aberystwyth and neighbourhood. Aberystwyth: University College of Wales Scientific Society. OCLC 48115041 (all editions).[4]
- —— (1899). Wikisource. . The Zoologist, 4th series, vol. 3, issue 692 (February), pp. 54–71 – via
References
- ^ a b c d Chater, A.O. "Salter, John Henry (1862–1942)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40789. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Lovegrove, Roger; Williams, Iolo; Williams, Graham (1994). Birds in Wales. London: T & AD Poyser. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-4081-3792-5. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ The archive of J.H. Salter at Aberystwyth University.
- ^ In 1952 a supplement is published: supplement 1952 (with a preface by Lily Newton)
Sources
- Newton, Lily (12 September 1942). "Obituary: Prof. J.H. Salter". Nature. 150: 314–315. doi:10.1038/150314b0.
- "Editorial: The work of the 'Kite Committee'" (PDF). British Birds. 66 (5). May 1973. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- Davis, Peter (July 1993). "The Red Kite in Wales: setting the record straight" (PDF). British Birds. 86 (7). Retrieved 22 November 2018.
External links
- Media related to John Henry Salter at Wikimedia Commons
- Works by or about John Henry Salter at Wikisource
- Works by or about John Henry Salter at Internet Archive
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