Walter Philip Kennedy Findlay Explained

Walter Philip Kennedy Findlay (10 February 1904 – 1985) was a US-born British mycologist.

Findlay was born to British parents in New York City. When he returned with his family to England he attended Sevenoaks School, and then Imperial College in London when he was 16, ultimately earning the Associate of the Royal College of Science in 1923. He earned an M.Sc. degree in 1932, and the D.Sc. degree in 1942, both from the University of London.

In 1927, he was appointed as mycologist of the Forest Products Research Laboratory in Princes Risborough. He collaborated extensively with Kenneth St George Cartwright. Findlay was assistant director of the Brewing Industry Research Foundation in Nutfield, Surrey starting in 1958 until his retirement in 1969.

Findlay was president of the British Mycological Society in 1949, and became an honorary member in 1983. He was also several times president of the Association of Applied Biologists.

Selected publications

Journal articles

• Findlay, W.P.K. . 1947 . The use of perforated cards for preliminary identification of fungi . Transactions of the British Mycological Society . 31 . 1–2 . 106–111 . 10.1016/s0007-1536(47)80012-9.
• Findlay, W.P.K. . 1951 . Tree and timber fungi . Transactions of the British Mycological Society . 33 . 3–4 . 195–208 . 10.1016/s0007-1536(50)80075-x.
• Findlay, W.P.K. . 1951 . A note on the fungi of less common occurrence in houses . Transactions of the British Mycological Society . 34 . 1 . 35–57 . 10.1016/s0007-1536(51)80026-3.
• Findlay, W.P.K. . 1965 . Kenneth St George Cartwright 1891—1964 . Transactions of the British Mycological Society . 48 . 1 . 151 . 10.1016/s0007-1536(65)80020-1.
• Findlay, W.P.K. . 1971 . A rare fungus on yew . Bulletin of the British Mycological Society . 5 . 1 . 4.

Books

• Book: Decay of Timber and Its Prevention . Cartwright . Kenneth St George. Findlay . Walter Philip Kennedy . 1946 . H.M. Stationery Office . London.

  vi+294 pages.

  . Book: 1950 reprint. Chemical Publishing Co. Brooklyn, N.Y.. ^{[1] [2]} Book: 2nd edition. 1958.

  xv+332 pages

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• Findlay, W.P.K. (1953). Dry Rot and Other Timber Troubles. 267 pp.
• Findlay, W.P.K. (1967). The Wayside and Woodland Fungi. 202 pp.^[4]
• Findlay, W.P.K. (1971). Modern Brewing Technology. 384 pp.
• Findlay, W.P.K. (1975). Timber Properties and Uses. 224 pp.
• Findlay, W.P.K. (1977). The Observer's Book of Mushrooms. 192 pp.
• Findlay, W.P.K. (1982). Fungi: Folklore, Fiction and Fact. 112 pp.
• Findlay, W.P.K. (1985). Preservation of Timber in the Tropics. 273 pp.

See also

• List of mycologists

Notes and References

1. Review of Decay of Timber and Its Prevention by K. St. G. Cartwright and W. P. K. Findlay . 10.1086/398281 . 1951 . Pauley . Scott S. . The Quarterly Review of Biology . 26 . 3 . 296–297 .
2. Review of Decay of Timber and Its Prevention . Soil Science . May 1950 . 69 . 5 . 415 . 10.1097/00010694-195005000-00009 . 1950SoilS..69..415G .
3. 10.1038/187977a0 . Combating the Decay of Timber (review of Decay of Timber and Its Prevention, 2nd edition) . 1960 . Jane . Frank William . Nature . 187 . 4742 . 977 . 1960Natur.187..977J . 41323828 . free .
4. 10.1038/2161049c0 . Fungi Near Mr MacGregor's Garden (review of The Wayside and Woodland Fungi by W. P. K. Findlay) . 1967 . Ingold . C. T. . Cecil Terence Ingold . Nature . 216 . 5119 . 1049–1050 . 1967Natur.216.1049I . free .