John Walter Guerrier Lund

John Walter Guerrier Lund CBE FRS (27 November 1912 - March 21, 2015) was an English phycologist.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Lund was born in 1912 and was educated at Sedbergh School. He studied for his BSc and MSc at the University of Manchester, before moving to the University of London in 1935. He was awarded his PhD in 1939 and his DSc in 1951.

Career

He worked for a time as a Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, and then joined the West Midlands Forensic Science Laboratory as Staff Biologist. In 1944 he joined the Freshwater Biological Society (FBA) as Scientific Officer for algology, moving to Windermere with the Association's Fritsch Collection of Freshwater Algae in 1954. He retired in 1978, was appointed Deputy Chief Scientific Officer and then Honorary Advisor to the FBA. In 1991 he was elected an FBA Honorary Fellow, and continued to work at the Ferry House laboratory until 2005.[4]

Honours

Lund was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1963 and made CBE in 1982.

References

  1. The International Who's who: 1990-91. Europa Publications Limited. 1990. p. 990. ISBN 0946653585.
  2. "Notices 2015". The Royal Society. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. Tunningley, Allan (8 April 2015). "Renowned Lake District-based scientist dies, aged 102". The Westmoreland Gazette. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  4. "The Fritsch Collection of Freshwater, Brackish and Terrestrial Algal Illustrations". Retrieved 7 August 2013.