Background
HESLOP-HARRISON, John was born on February 10, 1920 in Middlesbrough. Son of Professor John W. Heslop-Harrison, F.R.s. and Christian Watson Henderson.
HESLOP-HARRISON, John was born on February 10, 1920 in Middlesbrough. Son of Professor John W. Heslop-Harrison, F.R.s. and Christian Watson Henderson.
King"s College, Durham University.
Lecturer King"s College, University of Durham 1946. Lecturer Queen"s University, Belfast 1946-1950. Lecturer and Reader, University College London 1950-1954.
Professor, and Head Department, Queen"s University, Belfast 60.
Mason Professor, and Head Department, University of Birmingham 1960-1967. Editor Annals of Botany 1962-1967.
Brittingham Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin 1965. Visiting Scientist, Forest Genetics Research Station, United States.D.A. Wisconsin 1968.
Professor Institute of Plant Development, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1967-1970.
Director Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1971-1976. Visiting Professor University of Reading, of Massachusetts, Amherst 1976-1977, 1978. President Institute of Biology, London 1974-1975.
Royal Society Research Professor, University College, of Wales, Aberystwyth 1977-1985.
Foreign; Fellow, Indian National Science Academy 1974. Foreign Association National Academy Sciences United States of America 1983.
Samuel Weiner Distinguished Visitor, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg 1976. Croonian Lecturer, Royal Society 1974.
German Academy, of Science 1975, Botanical Society of America 1976. American Academy, of Arts and Sciences 1982. Royal Dutch Botanical Society.
United Kingdom Agrie.
Research Council 1977-1982.
Married Yolande Massey in 1950.