Thomas Maxwell Harris

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Thomas Maxwell Harris FRS[1] (born 8 January 1903; died 1983) was a British botanist. He received his doctorate from the University of Cambridge and was a Fellow of the Royal Society.[1] He served as President of the Linnean Society of London from 1961 to 1964.

Partial bibliography

  • The Fossil Flora of Scoresby Sound East Greenland (Copenhagen, 1931).
  • The British Rhaetic Flora (London, 1938).
  • British Purbeck Charophyta (London, 1939).
  • Liassic and Rhaetic Plants collected in 1936-38 from East Greenland, etc. (Copenhagen, 1946).
  • Conifers of the Taxiodiaceæ from the Wealden Formation of Belgium, etc. (Brussels, 1953).
  • The Yorkshire Jurassic flora (five volumes, London, 1961–1979).

Awards

The standard author abbreviation T.M.Harris. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chaloner, W. G. (1985). "Thomas Maxwell Harris. 8 January 1903-1 May 1983". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 31: 228–226. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1985.0009. 
  2. ↑ [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=T.M.Harris. "Author Query for 'T.M.Harris.'"]. International Plant Names Index. 
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