William Bywater Grove
William Bywater Grove (24 October 1848 – 6 January 1938), was an English biologist, in particular a botanist and microbiologist. He is remembered in particular as a mycologist. He died in 1938 on the sixth of January when he was 89.[1]
Early life and teaching career
He was born in Birmingham, England, the son of George Grove.[2] He was admitted as a pensioner to St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a BA in 1871.[2] From 1887 to 1900 he was headmaster of St Edmunds High School for Boys, Birmingham. One of the pupils at that school during that period was Augustus Daniel Imms, a prominent entomologist. From 1905 to 1927 Grove lectured in botany at Birmingham Municipal Technical School.[1]
Research work and publications
Grove was the Honorary Curator of the Fungus Herbarium at the University of Birmingham.[1]
He received the Midland Union of Natural History Societies's Darwin Medal in 1884, for "a monograph on the Pilobolidæ and other botanical papers", published in their journal, The Midland Naturalist.[3]
Grove's publications include:
- 1884. On the Pilobolidæ, With a Synopsis of the European Species, and a Description of a New One. The Midland Naturalist 7:131-135,149-153,184-187,214-220,253-260,280-284,304-309,333-339 and plates VI & VI.
- 1884. A Synopsis of the Bacteria and Yeast Fungi and Allied Species (Schizomycetes and Saccharomycetes).[4]
- 1886. The Fungi, in Handbook of Birmingham prepared for the members of the British Association, pp. 339
- 1888. A description of a new species of mushroom, Russula claroflava.[5]
- 1891. (With James Eustace Bagnall) "Fungi", in The Flora of Warwickshire.[6]
- 1910. The Mycetozoa (in the series The Fauna of the Midland Plateau).[7]
- 1913. The British Rust Fungi (Uredinales) : their Biology and Classification.[8]
- 1915. A Pocket Synopsis of the Families of British Flowering Plants (based upon the system of Engler).[9]
- 1935–1937. British Stem- and Leaf-Fungi (Coelomycetes), in 2 volumes.[10][11]
- He translated the mycological treatise of Louis Rene and Charles Tulasne, Selecta Fungorum Carpologia[12] into English.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 New York Botanical Garden Archives. Grove, W.B. (William Bywater), 1848–1938
- 1 2 "Grove, William Bywater (GRV867WB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ "The Darwin Medal". The Gardeners' Chronicle: 51. 9 July 1887.
- ↑ Grove, W.B. (1884). A Synopsis of the Bacteria and Yeast Fungi and Allied Species (Schizomycetes and Saccharomycetes. London: Chatto & Windus. OCLC 13202182. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
- ↑ Grove, W.B. (1888). "Wayside Notes". The Midland Naturalist. 11: 265–266. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
- ↑ Grove, W.B. & Bagnall, J.E. (1891). "Fungi". In Bagnall, James E. (1891). Flora of Warwickshire. London: Gurney & Jackson. OCLC 15190032. pp. 387–465.
- ↑ Grove, W.B. (1910). The Mycetozoa. The Fauna of the Midland Plateau. Birmingham: Birmingham Natural History & Philosophical Society. OCLC 45548734.
- ↑ Grove, W.B. (1913). The British Rust Fungi (Uredinales) : their Biology and Classification. Cambridge University Press. OCLC 811975170. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
- ↑ Grove, W.B. (1915). A Pocket Synopsis of the Families of British Flowering Plants (based upon the system of Engler). Manchester University Press. OCLC 16352181. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
- ↑ Grove, W.B. (1935). British Stem- and Leaf-Fungi (Coelomycetes): Volume I Sphaeropsidales. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
- ↑ Grove, W.B. (1937), British Stem- and Leaf-Fungi (Coelomycetes): Volume II Sphaeropsidales ... and Melanconiales, Cambridge University Press, retrieved 2015-01-20
- ↑ Three volumes available online at , ,
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. Grove.
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