Background
Church was born in Plymouth, England, the son of a saddler, and went to school locally. In 1887 his mother died and, with his inheritance of £100, he went to University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.
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Arthur Church
Edit ProfileBotanist botanical illustrator
Education
Jesus College; Aberystwyth University.
Career
He was a Research Fellow of Jesus College from 1908 to 1912 and University Reader in Botany from 1910 to 1930. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1921. His particular fields of interest were phyllotaxy, the development and arrangement of parts of the flower and one-celled sea plants.
He was a fine illustrator and photographer, sometimes illustrating his own publications.
They had three daughters. Each daughter was given as her middle name the name of a plant in flower at the time of her birth: Audrey Althea (hollyhock), Rosemary Doronica (Doronicum orientale) and Grace Coryla (hazel).
Achievements
Membership
Royal Society.
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Died
April 24, 1937 (aged 72) -
Nationality
United Kingdom