Thomas William Woodhead Explained
Thomas William Woodhead (1863–1940) was an English plant ecologist. He was early proponent of ecology, who helped the growth of plant ecology as a discipline in England, and later became Professor of Biology at Huddersfield Technical College.[1] He was also a pioneer of pollen analysis.[2]
He was appointed the Soppitt Librarian by the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union after the death of Henry Thomas Soppitt in 1899 and was later the first director of the Tolson Museum, being responsible for the design and mission of the museum.[3] He was the only British representative at the Fourth International Botanical Congress held in 1926.[4]
Selected publications
- Woodhead, T. W. (1906). Ecology of woodland plants in the neighbourhood of Huddersfield. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 37(261), 333–406.
- Woodhead, T. W. (1915) The Study of Plants: An Introduction to Botany and Plant Ecology Oxford: At the Clarendon Press
- Tolson, L. and Woodhead, T. W. (1921) History of Ravensknowle & Scheme for the Development of a Local Museum Huddersfield: County Borough of Huddersfield
Notes and References
- Alberti . Samuel J. M. M. . 'Equal though different': laboratories, museums and the institutional development of biology in late-Victorian Northern England . Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences . 2003 . 34 . 2 . 203–236 . 10.1016/S1369-8486(03)00025-6 .
- Edwards . Kevin J. . Pollen, women, war and other things: reflections on the history of palynology . Vegetation History and Archaeobotany . 2018 . 27 . 2 . 319–335 . 10.1007/s00334-017-0629-8 . 2164/9182 . 59579534 . 25 October 2021. free .
- Book: Hillary Haigh . E. A. . Huddersfield: A Most Handsome Town . 1992 . Kirklees Cultural Services . 9780900746529 . 25 October 2021-->.
- Book: Egerton . Frank A. . A Centennial History of the Ecological Society of America . 2015 . CRC Press . 978-1-4987-0070-2 . 25 October 2021-->.
