> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 82](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33260070) of TL-2 Suppl. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/18183-1) LSID 18183-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21392981) QID Q21392981 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Dowson, Walter John (1887-1963), British botanist born at Bristol 22 Mai 1887, BA at Cambridge Christ's College 1909, MA University of Cambridge, FLS 1917-1928, D.Sc. London, government mycologist Kenya 1913-1919, Royal horticultural Society's Garden, Wisley 1920-1928, plant pathologist Tasmania 1928-1932, lecturer in mycology at Cambridge 1932-1952, died 1 Sep 1963. **Abbreviated name**: *Dowson* \[standard form in IPNI: *Dowson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (also with Miss M.J. Dowson). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 469 (b. 22 Mai 1887, Bristol); Desmond p. 193; IH 2: 167, 326; Kew 2: 117; LS suppl. 6789-6806; Stevenson p. 1240. #### Biofile - Anon., Kew Bull. 1913(2): 90 (app. mycologist in Kenya). - Bisby, G.R., Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. Fifty-year index 1896-1947, p. 12. 1952. - Fletcher, H.R., Story roy. hort. Soc. 1801-1968: 282, 385. 1969. ### Publications ##### n.31.476. Aplanobacter Rathayi **Title** On the occurence of *Aplanobacter Rathayi* E.F. Smith on Dactylis glomerata in England... Cambridge (At the University Press) 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: M. d'Oliveira. *Publ*.: Feb 1931 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[23\]-26. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Appl. Biol. 22(1): 23-26. 1935.