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Date of birth: 27 Dec 1913 BiographyHusband of Lucy Chippindall. The information below has been copied directly from Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. 1981. Botanical exploration of southern Africa. Balkema, Cape Town. b. Newcastle, Natal, 27 Dec. 1913; ed. Kearsney College and, after serving his articles, qualified in law. On active service in east and north Africa during World War II and attended Witwatersrand Univ. 1946-49, graduating B. Sc. (Hons.) On Professional staff of Dept. of Conservation, Rhodesia, 1950-63. Married Lucy K. A. Chippindall (q.v.) in 1947. After his retirement he and his wife worked on a taxonomic treatment of the grasses of Southern Africa and Rhodesia, spending a good deal of their time at Bolus Herbarium. Specimens c. 2,000 of which about 400 were collected in Southern Africa; in SRGH, PRE, BOL. | No image |
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