Background
Burnett, John Harrison was born on January 21, 1922. Son of Technology Harrison Burnett.
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Burnett, John Harrison was born on January 21, 1922. Son of Technology Harrison Burnett.
Degree, Merton College, Oxford. Bachelor, Merton College, Oxford. Master of Arts, Merton College, Oxford, 1947.
Doctor of Philosophy, Merton College, Oxford, 1953.
Lecturer Lincoln College, 1948—1949. Postdoctoral fellow Magdalen College, 1949—1953. Lecturer and demonstrator Oxford, 1949—1953.
Lecturer Liverpool University, 1954—1955. Professor botany University St. Andrews, 1955—1960, King's College, Newcastle, University Durham, 1961—1963, University Newcastle, 1963—1968. Dean faculty science St. Andrews, 1958—1960, Newcastle, 1966—1968.
Public orator, 1966—1968. Regius professor botany University Glasgow, 1968—1970. Sibthorpian professor rural economy and fellow St. John's College, Oxford, 1970—1979, member general board faculties, 1972—1977, vice chairman, 1974—1976, Hebdomodal Council, 1974—1979.
Principal and vice chancellor University Edinburgh, since 1979. Lieutenant RNVR.
Chairman Scottish Horticultural Research Institute, 1959—1974, Nuffield Foundation Biological Project, 1965—1968, trustee, 1962—1968, The New Phytologist, since 1962. Member academy advisory council University St. Andrews and Dundee, 1964—1966. Member Newcastle Regional Hospital Board, 1964—1968.
Married E. Margaret Bishop, 1945. 2 children.