Sherardian Professor of Botany

The Sherardian Chair of Botany is a professorship at the University of Oxford that was established in 1734.[1] It was created following an endowment by William Sherard on his death in 1728. In his will, Sherard stipulated that the first holder of the chair was to be Johann Jacob Dillenius.[2] The Sherardian Professor is also a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford and Head of the Department of Plant Sciences.[1]

List of Sherardian Professors of Botany

References

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  2. Allen, D. E. (September 2013). "Sherard, William (1659–1728)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25355. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. Boulger, G. S.; Hutchins, Roger (2004). "Williams, George (bap. 1762, d. 1834)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29504. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  4. Goddard, Nicholas (2004). "Daubeny, Charles Giles Bridle (1795–1867)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7187. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  5. "News". Botanical Gazette. 22 (5): 430. November 1896. doi:10.1086/327440. JSTOR 2464014.
  6. "Professor Liam Dolan". People at Magdalen. Magdalen College, Oxford. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  7. "Professor Lars Østergaard".
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