Devonian Floras

E. A. Newell Arber, M.A., Sc.D.

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1921

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Full Title: "Devonian Floras: A Study of the Origin of Cormophyta E A Newell Arber". 100 pages all original, ex-Libris Birkbeck College Egham copy 15 x 23 cm (images 1 & 2). Frontispiece author (image 3)., Contents; image 4., Text arranged in V11 Chapters: (image 5). [E. A. Newell Arber, British botanist and palaeontologist, was the son of Professor (of English) Edward Arber and his wife Marion, born Murray. He attended King Edward's High School in Birmingham and at age 15 moved to Davos Switzerland, for treatment of his poor health. There he developed an interest in Alpine plants, leading later to a book, Plant life in Alpine Switzerland (1910). He studied at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, from 1895 to 1899, specializing in botany and geology and qualifying with an MA and ScD. In 1899 he was appointed demonstrator in palaeobotany in the Woodwardian (later Sedgewick) Museum in Cambridge, a post he held for the rest of his life. From 1901 to 1906 he was also responsible for the naming and arrangement of the palaeobotanical collection in the Geology Department of the British Museum and regularly visited museums in other European countries]. Seller Inventory # 008066

Bibliographic Details

Title: Devonian Floras

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Publication Date: 1921

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good