Frederick Tom Brooks
| Frederick Tom Brooks | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1882 Somerset |
| Died |
1952 Cambridge |
| Residence | England |
| Fields | botany, mycology, plant diseases |
| Institutions | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| Notable students | Ted Bollard |
| Notable awards | FRS (1930) |
Frederick Tom Brooks FRS[1] (17 December 1882 – 11 March 1952) was an English botanist and Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge.
He was born in Somerset and attended Sexey's School, Somerset from 1895-1898. He went up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1902 and became Professor of Botany there in 1936. He specialised in mycology and investigated, amongst other things, silver-leaf disease of fruit trees. His book Plant Diseases appeared in 1928.[2]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1930 [1] and died in Cambridge aged 70.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Moore, W. C. (1953). "Frederick Tom Brooks. 1882-1952". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 8 (22): 340–326. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1953.0002. JSTOR 769214.
- ↑ http://forestry.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/25/2/142
- ↑ "Author Query for 'F.T.Brooks'". International Plant Names Index.
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