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Seward, Sir Albert Charles, 1863-1941 (Knight, botanist and geologist)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1863 - 1941

Biography

Albert Charles Seward (1863-1941) was educated at Lancaster Grammar School and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he took a first class in each part of the Natural Sciences tripos. He became university lecturer in botany (1890), FRS (1898), and fellow and tutor of Emmanuel College (1900). In 1906 he was appointed professor of botany, holding the chair for thirty years, from 1915 in conjunction with the mastership of Downing College. He retired from both posts in 1936, the year in which he received a knighthood.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

A.C. Seward: Letters from D.H. Scott, and notebooks

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8179-8180
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from the distinguished palaeobotanist Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854-1934), honorary director of the Jodrell Laboratory at Kew and notebooks containing notes on plant fossils.

Dates: 1888-1932
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Photograph of a large group of botanists [possibly the 1922 meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Section K (Botany) group] including A C Seward and H Hamshaw Thomas, 1922

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/THO/3
Scope and Contents

Includes Prof. A. C. Seward (2nd from right on front seated row) and Hugh Hamshaw Thomas and Edith Gertrude Torrance ['Torrie'], his wife from 1923 (3rd and 4th from right on row behind). Also includes John Walton (Seward's son-in-law) seated 2nd from left on ground. Henry Horation Dixon (President of Section K, 1922) is seated centre on the front row, with Edith Saunders (in black) to his right.

Dates: 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open

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  • Subject: Botany X

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