Children one son, one daughter Name John Guerrier | Fields Botany, Phycology | |
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Born John Walter Guerrier Lund
November 27, 1912 ( 1912-11-27 ) Died March 21, 2015(2015-03-21) (aged 102) Institutions University of Sheffield Alma mater University of Manchester (BSc, MSc)
University of London (PhD) Spouse Hilda M. Canter (m. 1949) Notable awards Royal Society, Order of the British Empire | ||
Education University of Manchester | ||
John Walter Guerrier Lund CBE FRS (27 November 1912 – 21 March 2015) was an English phycologist.
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Early life and education
Lund was born in 1912 and was educated at Sedbergh School. He studied for his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees at the University of Manchester, before moving to the University of London in 1935. He was awarded his PhD in 1939 and his DSc in 1951.
Career
He worked for a time as a Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, and then joined the West Midlands Forensic Science Laboratory as Staff Biologist. In 1944 he joined the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) as Scientific Officer for algology, moving to Windermere with the Association's Fritsch Collection of Freshwater Algae in 1954. He retired in 1978, was appointed Deputy chief scientific officerand then Honorary Advisor to the FBA. In 1991 he was elected an FBA Honorary Fellow, and continued to work at the Ferry House laboratory until 2005.
Honours and awards
Lund was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1963 and made Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1975.