Clifford Evans (ecologist) explained

Clifford Evans (1913–2006, born George Clifford Evans) was a British ecologist.[1] [2] He was President of the British Ecological Society (1975-1976) and Chairman of the British Photobiological Society (1979-1981). He was a fellow and Bursar of St John's College, Cambridge, who hold his portrait, and wrote the textbook The Quantitative Analysis of Plant Growth.[3] [4] An obituary by the Department of Plant Sciences also cited his work on sunflecks and light interception in forest understories as particularly important.

He was buried in the churchyard of Coton, Cambridgeshire. His papers are held by the University of Cambridge.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Papers of Dr George Clifford Evans. live. Archivesearch. Churchill Archives Centre. 4 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20201201062946/https://archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk/repositories/9/resources/1556 . 2020-12-01 .
  2. Web site: Dr. Clifford Evans passes away. Department of Plant Sciences Blog. 3 October 2006. University of Cambridge. 19 March 2016.
  3. Web site: Clifford Evans (D.2006), Bursar in Charge of College Buildings, Emeritus Reader in Experimental Ecology | Art UK.
  4. Book: Evans. G. Clifford. The Quantitative Analysis of Plant Growth. registration. 1972. University of California Press. Berkeley. 9780520094321.
  5. Web site: Evans, George Clifford (1913-2006), ecologist. National Archives. 19 March 2016.

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