Arthur Tansley

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Sir Arthur George Tansley (August 15, 1871 - November 25, 1955) was an English botanist who was a pioneer in the science of ecology[1]. From the start, he was much influenced by the Danish plant ecologist Eugenius Warming[2]. He championed the term ecosystem in 1935 and ecotope in 1939. He was one of the founders of the British Ecological Society, and editor of the Journal of Ecology for twenty years. The prestigious botany journal 'New Phytologist' publishes a special paper in each issue called the "Tansley Review". These articles are typically a synthesis of modern ideas in botany, and is named after Arthur Tansley. The Tansley Review is always available free to anyone via the New Phytologist Trust.

Arthur Tansley also theorised about psychology, with a psychoanalytic emphasis. His The New Psychology and its Relation to Life (1920) was his first book to attract a broad readership. [4] Recent research by Peder Anker has argued a close theoretical relationship between Tansley's ecology and his psychology[3].

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  1. ^ Cooper, W.S. (1957) Sir Arthur Tansley and the science of ecology. Ecology, 38, 658-659. [1]
  2. ^ Tansley, A.G. (1947) The early history of modern plant ecology in Britain. Journal of Ecology, 35, 130-137. [2]
  3. ^ Anker, P. (2001) Imperial Ecology. Environmental Order in the British Empire, 1895- 1945. [3]

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