> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 267](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212309) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10579-1) LSID 10579-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5240334) QID Q5240334 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Thoday, David (1883-1964), British botanist; studied at Cambridge; demonstrator in botany ib. 1909-1911; lecturer in plant physiology, Manchester Univ. 1911-1918; professor of botany, Cape Town (Bolus chair of botany) 1918-1922; id. Bangor 1923-1949; professor of plant physiology Alexandria Univ. 1950-1954; visiting professor Univ. Leeds 1951-1952. **Abbreviated name**: *Thoday* \[standard form in IPNI: *Thoday*\] #### Herbarium and types Some S. African material in [[Collection GRA|GRA]], [[Collection SAM|SAM]], [[Collection STE|STE]]. #### Note Thoday's wife Mary Gladys Thoday, née Sykes, c. 1884-1943, was an active plant physiologist, see Nature 152: 406. 1943. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 373; BJI 2: 177; Desmond p. 605 (b. 5 Mai 1883, d. 30 Mar 1964). #### Biofile - Aaron, The Times (London) 1 Apr 1964 (obit.). - Anon., Who's who (London) 1923-1964; Who was who (London) 1961-1970: 1111. - Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 117. 1978. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 20.14. 1980. - Gunn, A. & L.E. Codd, Bot. expl. S. Afr. 343-344. 1981. - Levyns, M.R.D., Insnar'd with flowers 206 \[index\]. 1977. - Stiles, W., Biogr. mem. Roy. Soc. 11: 177-185. 1965 (biogr., bibl., portr.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 155. 1937, 4: 81, 261. 1939, 6: 307. 1941, 7: 143. 1943. - Wardlaw, C.W., Nature 202: 1161-1162. 1964 (obit.). #### Eponymy *Thodaya* R.H. Compton (1931). ### Publications ##### n.14.191. A revision of Passerina **Title** *A revision of Passerina*... Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew... 1924. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1924, p. \[146\]-168. *Copy*: Peterson. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1924(4): \[146\]-168. ##### n.14.192. The geographical distribution and ecology of Passerina **Title** *The geographical distribution and ecology of Passerina*... Annals of Botany... 1925. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1925, p. \[175\]-208. *Copy*: Peterson. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. 39(153): \[175\]-208. 1925.