Salt, George, 1903 - 2003 (entomologist and ecologist)
Dates and places
1903-2003 University of Alberta, Edmonton; Harvard; Institute of Entomology (U.K.); King's College, Cambridge
Sphere of activity
Entomologist and ecologist.
Relationships
In 1939, married Joyce Laing and had two sons, Michael and Peter.
Other information
PhD from Harvard, 1933. Worked for the United Fruit Company (Colombia) and the Institute of Entomology (Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire). Fellow, King's College, Cambridge, 1933; lecturer in Zoology, 1937; fellow of the Royal Society, 1956.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from George Salt to GHWR, 1992-03-13
1 autograph letter signed, enclosing a copy by George Salt of the hand of the scribe who wrote the Caxton Ovid at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Parlement of Foules' lines 1-21 chosen as example.
Salt: The Papers of George Salt
This collection comprises journals and other writings by George Salt, as well as examples of his calligraphic work and correspondence.
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- Archival Object 1
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Calligraphy 1
- Colombia 1
- Ecology 1
- Entomology 1
- Kenya 1