> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 150](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265347) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/752-1) LSID 752-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42143225) QID Q42143225 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Bews, John William (1884-1938), Scottish-born ecologist and philosopher, studied at the University of Edinburgh, M.A. 1906, D.Sc. 1912, lecturer in economic botany at Manchester University 1907-1908, assistant professor of botany Edinburgh 1908-1910, professor of botany at Natal University College, Pietermaritzburg, S. Afr. 1910-1938 (except for prof. of botany at Durham 1925-1927), travelled widely in Southern Africa, USA and Canada. **Abbreviated name**: *Bews* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bews*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NU|NU]], further material in [[Collection SAM|SAM]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 180; BJI 2: 13; BL 1: 48; Desmond p. 62; IH 2: 73; Kew 1: 238-239. #### Biofile - Bayer, A.W., S. Afr. J. Sci. 67(8): 409-410. 1971. - Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 10-11. 1978 (bibl.). - Gale, G.W., John William Bews, Pietermaritzburg 1954 (bibl. on p. 119-138; general biogr., portr.). - Gunn, M.D., Standard encyclopedia S. Afr. 2: 301. 1970. - Gunn, M.D. and L.E. Codd, Bot. expl. S. Afr. 93-94. 1981 (curr. vitae, portr., coll., b. 16 Dec 1884, Kirkwall, Orkney Isl., d. 10 Nov 1938, Pietermaritzburg; source of our biogr. sketch above). - Hutchinson, J., Kew Bull. 1939: 32-33. 15 Feb 1939 (obit.). - Phillips, E.P., S. Afr. J. Sci. 27: 63-64, 67, 69, 70. 1930. #### Composite works Contributions to A.G. Tansley and T.F. Chipp, *Aims and methods in the study of vegetation*, London 1926, Chap. 12. *Vegetation study in sub-tropical countries*, p. 259-268, Chap. 16. *The story of forest vegetation in South Africa*, p. 314-317, Chap. 19. *Survey of climatic grasslands*..., p. 341-348. ### Publications ##### n.21.243. The growth-forms of Natal plants **Title** *The growth-forms of Natal plants*... \[Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr.... 1916\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1916 (date on cover), cover, p. 605-636. *Copy*: L. − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 5(5): 605-636. 1916. The author published an advance abstract in Bot. Centralbl. 30 Nov 1915. *Ref*.: Smith, G.W., Bot. Centralbl. 134: 393. 19 Jun 1917 (rev.). - Gale, G.W., John William Bews 120. 1954 (no. 5). ##### n.21.244. The plant succession in the thorn veld **Title** *The plant succession in the thorn veld*... \[S. Afr. J. Sci.... 1917\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1917, p. \[1\]-20, *pl. 6-9.* *Copy*: G. − Reprinted and to be cited from S. Afr. J. Sci. 14: 153-172. 1917. *Ref*.: Gale, G.W., John William Bews 120. 1954 (no. 7). ##### n.21.245. South African phytogeography **Title** *South African phytogeography*... \[S. Afr. Geogr.... 1917\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1917, p. 11-22. *Copy*: L. − Reprinted and to be cited from S. Afr. Geogr. J. 1(1): 11-22. 1917. *Ref*.: Gale, G.W., John William Bews 120. 1954 (no. 8). ##### n.21.246. The grasses and grasslands of South Africa **Title** *The grasses and grasslands of South Africa*... Pietermaritzburg (P. Davis & Sons,...) 1918. **Abbreviated title**: *Grasses Grasslands S. Afr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug-Dec 1918 (p. iv, preface dated Jul 1918), p. \[i\], map, \[iii\]-vi, \[1\]-161. *Copies*: MO, L. *Ref*.: Gale, G.W., John William Bews 121. 1954 (no. 10). ##### n.21.247. An introduction to the Flora of Natal **Title** *An introduction to the Flora of Natal* and Zululand... Pietermaritzburg (City printing works,...) 1921. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1921 (p. vi signed Mai 1921), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-248. *Copies*: G, L. *Ref*.: Gale, G.W., John William Bews 124. 1954 (no. 16). ##### n.21.248. Plant forms **Title** *Plant forms* and their evolution in South Africa... London (Longmans, Green and Co....) 1925. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Plant forms*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1925 (preface Jun 1924), p. \[i-xiii\], \[1\]-199. *Copy*: U. *Ref*.: Gale, G.W., John William Bews 126-127. 1954 (no. 23). ##### n.21.249. Studies **Title** *Studies* in the *ecological evolution* of the *Angiosperms*... London (Wheldon & Wesley, Ltd....). 1927. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Stud. ecol. evol. Angiosp.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1927, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-134. *Copy*: L. − Issued as New Phytologist Reprint no. 16. *Ref*.: Gale, G.W., John William Bews 127-128. 1954 (no. 25). ##### n.21.250. The world's grasses **Title** *The world's grasses*. Their differentiation, distribution, economics and ecology... London (Longmans, Green and Co....) 1929. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *World Grasses*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1929 (Nat. Nov. Dec 1929), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-408. *Copy*: L. *Facsimile edition*: 1973, published by Russell & Russell, Publishers, New York, USA (n.v.). *Ref*.: Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 68: 121-123. Apr 1930. - Gale, G.W., John William Bews 128-129. 1954 (no. 26).