John Henry Salter Explained

John Henry Salter
Birth Date:5 June 1862[1]
Birth Place:Westleton, Suffolk
Death Place:Dorset, England

John Henry Salter (1862 – 5 August 1942) was an English naturalist and ornithologist. He was a professor of botany at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Additionally, he published a book about the birds of Wales.[2]

Biography

John H. Salter was born in Westleton, near what is nowadays the RSPB Minsmere nature reserve, Suffolk.

Salter was a lecturer in botany at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, from 1894 to 1899. He then became professor of botany within the same department, going on to hold the chair until 1903.[3]

Salter never owned a car and walked 20 miles a day. He was a non-smoker, teetotaller and vegetarian.[1] He was a Quaker.[1]

He died from a fall in his garden on 5 August 1942.[1]

Bibliography

Among Salter's publications are:

Sources

Notes and References

  1. 40789. Salter, John Henry (1862–1942). Chater . A.O..
  2. Book: Lovegrove . Roger . Williams . Iolo . Williams . Graham . Birds in Wales . London . T & AD Poyser . 1994 . 25 . 978-1-4081-3792-5 . 2019-04-24.
  3. https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb982-jhs The archive of J.H. Salter
  4. In 1952 a supplement is published: supplement 1952 (with a preface by Lily Newton)