Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth
Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth, 1950
Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth (9 October 1905 in Birmingham – 25 October 1998 in Derby) was a British mycologist and scientific historian. He was the older brother of Ruth Ainsworth.
Education and work[]
Ainsworth received his doctorate from the University of London in 1934. From the 1930s to 1960s, he studied and wrote on fungi including their medical uses. Later, he wrote on the history of the field with An Introduction to the History of Mycology (1976), An Introduction to the History of Plant Pathology (1981), and An Introduction to the History of Medical Mycology in 1986.[1]
Awards[]
- 1980 Linnean Medal, shared with Roy Crowson
Bibliography[]
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- Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi
- Fungal Diseases of Animals
- The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise. Vols. 1–5.
- Introduction to the History of Medical and Veterinary Mycology
- Introduction to the History of Mycology
- Introduction to the History of Plant Pathology
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Webster J. (1999). "Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth, 1905–1998". Mycologia. 91 (4): 714–719. doi:10.1080/00275514.1999.12061073. JSTOR 3761260.
- ^ IPNI. Ainsw.
External links[]
Media related to Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth at Wikimedia Commons
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