Colin Cadman

Dr Colin Houghton Cadman FRSE (16 July 1916 – 27 September 1971) was a Scottish botanist who served as Director of the Scottish Horticultural Institute 1956 to 1971. He specialised in plant pathology, with a detailed knowledge relating to raspberries. He was also President of the Association of Applied Mycologists[1] and President of the Association of Applied Biologists.

Colin Cadman

FRSE
Born16 July 1916
Glasgow
Died27 September 1971
Edinburgh
NationalityScottish
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Life

He was born in Glasgow on 16 July 1916.[2] He studied at the University of Liverpool, and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1940.[1][3]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1950 one of his proposers being Sir William Wright Smith.[4]

He lectured in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Dundee.[5]

He died in Edinburgh on 27 September 1971 and is buried in Warriston Cemetery.

Family

He was unmarried and had no children.[6]

Works
  • Annals of Applied Biology (1971)[7]

References
  1. Desmond, Ray (25 February 1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists Including ... ISBN 9780850668438. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. "Colin Houghton Cadman; 16 July 1916--27 September 1971". Usda.gov. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  3. Cadman, C. H. (1940). "Genetical studies on the interrelationships of certain viruses causing necrosis in the potato". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh : 1783-2002" (PDF). Royalsoced.org.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  5. "University of Dundee Archive Services | The Main Catalogue". Arccat.dundee.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. Edinburgh, Royal Society of (1971). Year Book of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Royal Society of Edinburgh. p. 35.
  7. Harris, R.V. (1971). "COLIN HOUGHTON CADMAN: 1916–1971". Annals of Applied Biology. 69 (3): 277–278. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.1971.tb04680.x.


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