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### 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.