> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 39](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265716) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1498-1) LSID 1498-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21387682) QID Q21387682 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Chalk, Laurence (1895-1979), English botanist, born in Crowborough, Sussex, 7 April 1895, died 6 Mai 1979, served in France in the Royal Berkshire Regiment 1914-1918, from 1918 at Oxford University, bachelor’s degree in Forestry 1921 (MA 1926), lecturer at Oxford in wood anatomy 1924, doctorate 1929, worked with B.J. Rendle also at Oxford, University Reader in wood anatomy and lecturer of University College, retirement 1966. **Abbreviated name**: *Chalk* \[standard form in IPNI: *Chalk*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 328; Kew 1: 507-508. #### Biofile - Burley, I., Dr. Laurence Chalk (1895-1979), IAWA Bull. 1979(4): 67-68 (portr., biogr.). - Rendle, B.J., Commonw. Forest Rev. 58(4): 215-216. 1979. ### Publications ##### n.25.477. British Hardwoods **Title** *British Hardwoods*, their structure and identification... London (published under the authority of his Majesty’s Stationary Office) 1929. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. Hardw.* **Notes** *Co-author*: B.J. Rendle. *Publ*.: 1929 (J. Bot. 68: 50-61. Feb 1930), frontisp., p. \[i\], iii-vi, \[1\]-53, *fig. 1-45* (uncol. wood microgr.). *Copy*: L. – Issued as Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and Imperial Forestry Institute. Forest Products Research Bulletin No. 3. 1929.