Fossil Plants: A Text-Book for Students of Botany and Geology (Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science) (Volume 4)

Seward, A. C.

ISBN 10: 1108015980 / ISBN 13: 9781108015981

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fossil Plants: A Text-Book for Students of Botany and Geology (Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science) (Volume 4)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108015980
• ISBN 13: 9781108015981
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Like New

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Synopsis

A. C. Seward (1863–1941) was an eminent English geologist and botanist who pioneered the study of palaeobotany. After graduating from St John's College, Cambridge, in 1886 Seward was appointed a University Lecturer in Botany in 1890. In 1898 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was appointed Professor of Botany in 1906. These volumes, published to great acclaim between 1898 and 1919, provide a detailed discussion and study of an emerging science. In the early nineteenth century, research and critical literature concerning palaeobotany was scattered across disciplines. In these volumes Seward synthesised and revised this research and also included a substantial amount of new material. Furnished with concise descriptions of fossil plants, detailed figures and extensive bibliographies these volumes became the standard reference for palaeobotany well into the twentieth century. Volume 4, first published in 1919, contains systematic descriptions of fossil ginkgoales and coniferales.

Book Description

A. C. Seward (1863–1941) was an eminent English botanist and geologist. In these volumes, published between 1898 and 1919, Seward synthesised and revised the existing research on palaeobotany and included new material. Volume 4 contains systematic descriptions of fossil ginkgoales and coniferales.