> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 163](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212205) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10421-1) LSID 10421-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450514) QID Q450514 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Tansley, Arthur George (1871-1955), British botanist and ecologist; studied at Cambridge; lecturer University College, London 1893-1906; lecturer in botany, Cambridge 1906-1923; Sherardian professor of botany, Oxford 1927-1937; founder of the British Ecological Society; knighted 1950. **Abbreviated name**: *Tansley* \[standard form in IPNI: *Tansley*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 360 (b. 15 Aug 1871); BJI 2: 176; BL 2: 114, 224, 257, 271, 721-722; BM 5: 2071, 8: 1285; Bossert p. 394 (d. 25 Nov 1955); Desmond p. 598-599; DNB 1951-1960: 953-954; GR p. 416; Hirsch p. 295; IH 2(4): 563; Nordstedt suppl. p. 4; TL 2/see C.J. Schröter; Tucker 1: 779, 3: 304. #### Biofile - Allen, D.E., The naturalist in Britain 242, 243, 261, 265. 1976; Bot. Centralbl. 104: 224. 1907 (app. Cambridge); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 234: 665-667. 1964; Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1929: 135. (app. Oxford); Anon., Gard. Chron. 1927 (no. 2123): 182 (obit., portr.); J. Bot. 76: 61-63. 1938 (announcement of a new British Flora); New Phytologist 55(2): 145-146. 1956 (obit., portr.); Österr. bot. Z. 57: 175. 1907 (app. Cambridge); Who's who (London) 1908-1956; Who was who (London) 5: 1067. 1951-1960 (d. 25 Nov 1955). - Baker, J.R., Soc. Freedom Sci., Occ. Pamphlet 16: \[1-3\]. 1955 (obit.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 224.105, 229.437. 1980. - Cooper, W.S., Ecology 38: 658-689. 1957 (obit.). - Daintith, J. et al., Biogr. enc. scientists 2: 771-772. 1981. - Godwin, H., Biogr. Mem. Fellows Roy. Soc. 3: 227-246. 1957 (major biogr., bibl., portr.); J. Ecol. 65: 1-26. 1977 (Tansley lecture: "the man and the subject"); New Phytologist 100: 1-4. 1985. - Hawksworth, D.L. & M.R.D. Seward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 31-32. 1977. - Mobbs, E.C., Forestry, Oxford 29(2): 90. 1956 (obit.). - Riddelsdell, H.J., Fl. Glouc. cli. 1948. - Tutin, T.G., Proc. Bot. Soc. Brit. Isl. 2: 99-100. 1956 (obit.). - Thomas, H.H., Nature 176: 1245-1246. 1956 (obit.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 30, 40, 258. 1935, 2: 29, 32, 189, 190, 434. 1936, 3: 148, 153, 166, 383. 1937, 4: 86, 216, 276, 532. 1938, 5: 119, 133, 352, 391, 425, 426, 427, 526, 527. 1939, 6: 63, 164, 307, 429; Manual Pterid. 639. 1938 \[index\]. - Walters, S.M., The shaping of Cambridge botany 91-94, 186, 209. 1981. #### Composite works - (1) Founder and editor of *New Phytologist* 1902-1931. - (2) Editor *J. Ecology* 1917-1937. - (3) Editor, *Types of British Vegetation*, by members of the Central Committee for the survey and study of British Vegetation, Cambridge. 1911, xx, 416 pl., chart, *36 pl*. – See below. - (4) \[*Gamophyceae*... *Conjugatae*\] *in* A. Kerner, Nat. Hist. pl. 2. 1895, see TL2/3600. - (5) *Riviera vegetation, in* H.S. Thompson, Flowering plants of the Riviera 1914, p. 1-9. - (6) With F.F. Blackman, *A revison of the classification of the green algae*, New Phytol. 1:17-24, 47-48, 67-72, 89-96, 114-120, 133-144, 163-168, 189-192, 213-220, 238-244. 1902, reprint 64 p. London 1903. ### Publications ##### n.13.718. A revision of the classification of the green algae **Title** *A revision of the classification of the green algae*,... Reprinted, with some rearrangements, from The New Phytologist... 1902... London, 1903. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1903 (reprint; for dates in journal see below), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-64. *Copy*: H. – Reprinted and to be cited from New Phytol. 1: 17-24, 23 Jan, 47-48. 19 Feb, 62-72. 19 Mar, 89-96. 19 Apr, 114-120. 16 Mai, 133-134. 25 Jun, 163-168. 24 Jul, 189-192. 30 Oct, 213-220. 28 Nov, 238-244. 23 Dec 1902. ##### n.13.719. The problems of ecology **Title** *The problems of ecology*... Reprinted from the New Phytologist... 1904. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1904, cover-t.p., p. \[191\]-200. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from New Phytol. 3(8): \[191\]-200. Oct 1904. ##### n.13.720. Lectures on the evolution of the Filicinean vascular system **Title** *Lectures on the evolution of the Filicinean vascular system*... Cambridge (at the Botany School) 1908. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1908 (p. vi: Oct 1908; Nat. Nov. Jan(2) 1909), p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii-viii\], \[1\]-143. *Copy*: G. – New Phytologist Reprint no. 2. ##### n.13.721. Types of British vegetation **Title** *Types of British vegetation* by members of the central committee for the survey and study of British vegetation edited by A.G. Tansley,... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1911. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Types Brit. veg.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1911 (p. xii: Jul 1911; Nat. Nov. Nov(2) 1911; Bot. Centralbl. 16 Jan 1912; ÖbZ Nov-Dec 1911), p. \[i\]-xx, err. slip, \[1\]-416, *pl. 1-36. Copies*: B, BR, G, HH, MO, NY. – For a new edition see below, *The British Islands and their vegetation*. 1939. *Ref*.: Anon., Scott. bot. Rev. 1912(1): 49-51. - Boulger, G.S., J. Bot. 50: 138-140. Apr 1912 (rev.). ##### n.13.722. The International Phytogeographie Excursion **Title** *The International Phytogeographie Excursion* (I.P.E.) *in America*, 1913... Cambridge (Botany School; The New Phytologist) 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1915, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-52. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from New Phytol. 12: (9-10): 322-336. 31 Dec 1913, 13: (1-2): 30-41. 25 Feb 1914, 13(3): 83-92. 31 Mar 1914, 13(8): 268-275. 26 Oct 1914, 13(10): 325-333. 28 Dec 1914. ##### n.13.723. The classification of vegetation and the concept of evolution **Title** *The classification of vegetation and the concept of evolution*... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1920. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1920, cover-t.p., p. 118-149. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Ecol. 8(2): 118-149. 1920. ##### n.13.724. Elements of plant biology **Title** *Elements of plant biology*... London (George Allen & Unwin Ltd.,...) New York (Dodd, Mead & Company) \[1922\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Elem. pl. biol.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1922 (p. 14: Jul 1922; J. Bot. rev. Jan 1923; Nat. Nov. Jan 1923), p. \[1\]-410. *Copies*: BR, G, Liverpool City Libr., NY. *Second printing*: 1923, p. \[1\]-410. *Copies*: B-S, HH. *Third printing*: 1925, p. \[1\]-410. *Copy*: HH. *Ed. 2*: 1935, p. \[1\]-389. *Ref*.: Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 61: 29-30. 1923. ##### n.13.725. Practical plant ecology **Title** *Practical plant ecology* a guide for beginners in field study of plant communities... London (George Allen & Unwin Ltd....) New York (Dodd, Mead & Company) 1923. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pract. pl. ecol.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1923 (p. 8: Apr 1923; J. Bot. Dec 1923 (rev.); ÖbZ for Nov-Dec 1923; Nat. Nov. Nov-Dec 1923), p. \[1\]-228. *Copies*: G, MO, NY. *Reprint*(*1*): 1926 (p. 8: Oct 1926), p. \[1\]-230. *Copy*: G. *Reprint*(*2*): 1932 (p. 8: Jan 1932), p. \[1\]-231, \[232, colo.\]. *Copy*: HH. *New edition*: 1946, p. \[1\]-260. *Copy*: G. "*Introduction to plant ecology* a guide for beginners in the study of plant communities". London (Allen & Unwin Ltd.) \[1946\]. Oct. ##### n.13.726. Aims and methods in the study of vegetation **Title** *Aims and methods in the study of vegetation* edited by A.G. Tansley... and T.F. Chipp... London (published by the British Empire Vegetation Committee and the Crown Agents for the Colonies...) 1926. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Aims meths. study veg.* **Notes** *Co-editor*: Thomas Ford Chipp (1886-1931). *Publ*.: Oct-Nov 1926 (p. x: Mai 1926; Kew Bull. 21 Dec 1926; Nat. Nov. Apr 1927), p. \[i\]-xvi, err. slip, 1-383, *pl. 1-18. Copies*: BR, G, MO. – The original stock was destroyed by fire, fide a note in J. Bot. 64: 200. Jul 1926. "Some delay in its appearance must be inevitable..." It was published towards the end of the year, see J. Bot. 65: 18-19. Jan 1929. ##### n.13.727. The British Islands and their vegetation **Title** *The British Islands and their vegetation*... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1939. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. Isl. veg.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1939 (p. xiv: Mar 1939; Kew Bull. 25 Oct 1939; BR rd 24 Jul 1939), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xxxviii, \[1\]-930, *pl. 1-162. Copies*: B, BR, G, HH, NY. *Reprinted with corrections*: 1949, 2 vols. *Copy*: MO. – 1: \[i\]-xxxviii, \[1\]-484, *pl. 1-93*, 2: \[i\]-xxviii, \[485\]-930, *pl. 94-162*. *Third impression*: 1953, 2 vols., as in 1949. *Copy*: PH. *Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 71 (Lit.): 18. 29 Nov 1940 (rev.). - Turrill, W.B., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1939: 481-483. 25 Oct 1939.