Education
He took his Doctor of Philosophy at Cambridge University in 1960 supervised by General Electric Briggs.
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He subsequently joined the staff of Magdalene College, later becoming a full professor (retired in 2001). His early work was mentored by East.J.H. Corner and Associate of Science Watt, and especially influenced by the latter. He has written a very lively account on his becoming a plant ecologist.
Grubb has worked on diverse botanical and ecological subjects, from physiology to biomes and from chalk grassland to tropical rain forest.
His name is particularly associated with the concept of regeneration niche. He co-edited the Journal of Ecology 1972–1977.
In 1977 botanist Francis Raymond Fosberg named the Portulaca variety Portulaca mauritiensis various grubbii from Cosmoledo after Grubb which is now included in Portulaca mauritiensis various aldabrensis.
Membership
Peter Grubb was president of the British Ecological Society in 1992 and is now honorary member of the society.
